David Tulis

Associate Editor at Aopa Pilot

Host at Hangar Talk - An Aviation Podcast

Visual media specialist, digital audience builder, private pilot, outdoor enthusiast, photojournalist, bass musician

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Articles

Flying with friends

1 month ago | aopa.org | David Tulis

Sharing the joy of flying with friends and family is the highlight of aircraft ownership, as these members have discovered. Keep those photos and stories coming! Cessna 310Q N310BSIn addition to puppy rescues, my Cessna allows me to meet some lovely people and get to know their stories.
Eccentric electric on tour

1 month ago | aopa.org | David Tulis

The first thing you notice about Beta Technologies’ electric-powered Alia CX300 aircraft is its acoustic signature as the aircraft taxis to the ramp. Gone are the familiar lumpety-lump Harley-esque exhaust notes of an avgas-powered airplane, replaced instead by a hushed whine generated by an electric equivalent of 500 horsepower to a five-blade, fixed-pitch composite Hartzell propeller. Next, is its physical presence—this is no slender beauty.
Oh, the flying life!

2 months ago | aopa.org | David Tulis

These members supplied photos doing what an airplane does best: fly. Keep those pics and stories coming. 1977 Piper Cherokee PA–32R Lance Ever since I can remember I’ve been ate up with flying. I’ve even made a living flying airplanes. Once I got an airplane of my own, I wanted to encourage others to experience the feeling I get when I fly. The freedom to fly wherever I want whenever I want never gets old.
Family affair

Mar 26, 2025 | aopa.org | David Tulis

Taking your family flying is one of the most important gifts that aviation can offer. David Tulis Senior Photographer Senior Photographer David Tulis joined AOPA in 2015 and is a private pilot with single-engine land and sea ratings and a tailwheel endorsement. He is also a certificated remote pilot and co-host of the award-wining AOPA Hangar Talk podcast.
We love warbirds

Mar 1, 2025 | aopa.org | David Tulis

No one ever said love was easy, and caring for a warbird is a labor of love. But the owners of these warbirds feel compelled to preserve history and keep the old birds flying. Keep sending your photos and your stories. Ryan Navion BIn the 1940s and ’50s, the sight and sound of P–51 Mustangs from the local ANG unit roaring over my house in Peoria, Illinois, left its lasting impression on a young boy’s mind, fostering a dream of flying someday.
More than Piper's roots

Mar 1, 2025 | aopa.org | David Tulis

The city of Lock Haven takes its name from the local waterways because they allowed easy access to transportation, lumbering, and recreation. However, the river that brought commerce to the central Pennsylvania area would also be the downfall of the Piper manufacturing plant. A flood in 1972 destroyed the plant. The city was the home of Piper Aircraft from 1937 to 1984. In all, about 77,000 aircraft—including 20,000 Piper J–3 Cubs—were manufactured and assembled in Pennsylvania.
Me and my airplane

Jan 24, 2025 | aopa.org | David Tulis

To paraphrase a little Harry Nilsson song (from the 1971 cartoon The Point): “Me and my airplane. Straight up and narrow. Wherever we go, everyone knows. It’s me and my airplane. Me and my airplane. Taking the high road. Wherever we go, everyone knows. It’s me and my airplane.” Here are our members and their favorite airplanes. Please keep those photos coming.
Night magic

Jan 24, 2025 | aopa.org | David Tulis

The Tiger Moth is one of eight Golden Age of Aviation featured guests this evening as pilots Dave King, Clay Hammond, and others coaxed the sometimes recalcitrant engines to life. They are directed by train-and-streetcar enthusiast, retired airline pilot, and former wildlife photographer Tom Pawlesh—an LED-light-carrying blur of activity who volunteered his night aircraft photo expertise as a fundraising activity for the living aviation museum.
All in the family

Jan 8, 2025 | aopa.org | David Tulis

All in the family Aircraft ownership makes it possible for pilots to share the freedom and joy of flight as these members acknowledge in their recent submissions to our “Why I Love My Airplane” section. 2022 Cirrus SR22T; We love our “Caretta” who has increased our togetherness as a family and is allowing us to explore this great nation. It makes quick work of crisscrossing the U.S. So far, it’s taken us to each coast and all regions of the country.
We asked

Sep 30, 2024 | aopa.org | David Tulis

Thanks to everyone who has sent (or is sending) your photos of your best friend the airplane to be featured on this page. We’re loving getting to know you better through this showcase—and maybe others are getting the idea to make that crazy, life-altering purchase. Remember: A mile of road takes you one mile, but a mile of runway takes you anywhere. Would you like to tell us why you love your airplane?