Plane & Pilot

Plane & Pilot is edited for today's active piston-engine pilot. Each issue is packed with pilot reports, tips to help you fly better, and the information you need to get the most from your flying dollar.

Plane & Pilot • planeandpilotmag.com

Time To Get A GPS Backup • Let’s hope Plan B gets here soon.

Santa Clara County Ends 100LL Sales

Brigadier Gen. Charles E. McGee Flies West • The oldest surviving Tuskegee Airman, McGee was 102.

Enstrom Helicopters Closes Doors, Enters Bankruptcy • The Wisconsin-based helicopter manufacturer had struggled to gain a foothold in the marketplace.

Hero Cops Rescue Trapped Pilot From Speeding Train: 5 Takeaways • This is what courage looks like.

ACCIDENT BRIEFS

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Redbird Has Cirrus SR22 Controls For Home Flight Simulators • For pilots or would-be pilots of the Cirrus singles, the side yoke they’ve dreamed about is here, and the power quadrant is coming soon. Details follow!

CROSSWORD

Charlie Taylor • The Man Who Made The Wright Brothers Fly

An S.O.S. And A 40-Year Murder Mystery • Could a decades-old mountain rescue be the key to solving two murders?

Mooney M22 Mustang • The story of a groundbreaking pressurized piston single

Deadly Attitudes • The pros know how to spot risky thinking.

Top 8 Aircraft Electronics Innovations Of All Time • Each of these revolutionary technologies has made flying easier and safer.

An Improptu Baja Air Ambulance • When helping is receiving.

USED LIGHT TWINS ROUNDUP • The complex excitement of legacy personal twin-engine planes.

CHOOSING AN OLD LIGHT TWIN • What’s The Best One?

TODAY’S ELECTRONIC FLIGHT DISPLAYS • Modern PFDs present vital information without the failings of conventional gyros. And they’re “affordable” to boot!

Where Modern Instruments Came From • 100 years of "next-gen" gauges

WHAT’S HAPPENING With Aircraft Insurance? • You need to have it. Here’s how to make the best of a tough aircraft insurance market.

Power Lines • A look at three preventable crashes and why they happened.

I Do Declare… • When do you call it an “emergency?”

Cornelia Fort • This high flyer was a boss from the get-go.

Why Aviation Is An Amazing Career • The opportunity to fly into the future is right there in front of you in one of more than a dozen exciting aviation fields.

The World Of Pilot Training • Training has come a long way since Orville and Wilbur taught themselves to fly 118 years ago.

10 Amazing Aviation JOBS • These gigs offer great pay and rewarding challenges, along with room to grow and learn. What more could anyone want!

How Good A Bet Is Aviation As A Career? • Here’s an unbiased look at aviation-related jobs in today’s market. Most of the news is good—very good.

Aviation Schools DIRECTORY • All descriptions courtesy of their respective schools.

You’ve Got Big Questions • We’ve Got Even Bigger Answers