Plane & Pilot

Plane & Pilot offers content tailored for small business owners, recreational flyers, pilots, and aviation enthusiasts. Each edition includes detailed aircraft profiles, tips for improving piloting skills, and insights into aviation careers and educational opportunities.

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Trading Red Carpets for Red Retardant

1 week ago | planeandpilotmag.com | Cayla McLeod

It was a beautiful spring evening in south Texas. As usual, I was out on my evening walk around the Gillespie County Airport (T82) after my post-work CrossFit death session. Although I’m new to the area, if I’ve learned anything about hanging around at a decently popular and unique airport like the one here in Fredericksburg, you never know what kind of airplane you might see, or who you might meet.
Take Flight in a Seaplane

1 week ago | planeandpilotmag.com | Cayla McLeod

Cayla McLeod is a private pilot with a love for all things tailwheel and grass strips. She has been actively involved in general aviation for the last decade, and can’t imagine life without flying and the people that go with it.
Bargain Buys on AircraftForSale: 1974 Piper PA-28-180 Cherokee / Archer

1 week ago | planeandpilotmag.com | Jason McDowell

For many aircraft owners in general and for first-time owners in particular, significant importance is placed on ease of operation and ease of ownership. While rare and unusual types certainly have their place, there’s something to be said for a type that makes it easy to source parts and qualified maintenance. Today’s bargain provides those benefits and more, and is available for $98,500 on Aircraft For Sale.
Take Flight with the Titan Aerobatic Team

2 weeks ago | planeandpilotmag.com | Cayla McLeod

During the Sun ‘n Fun Aerospace Expo in Lakeland, Florida, I had the opportunity of a lifetime to fly with Titan Aerobatic Team pilots Jimmy Fordham, Bryan Regan, and Steve Gustafson. Tag along for this thrilling aerobatic flight, and experience formation flying like never before. Smoke on! Cayla McLeod is a private pilot with a love for all things tailwheel and grass strips.
Bargain Buys on AircraftForSale: 1965 Mooney M20E Super 21 / Chaparral

2 weeks ago | planeandpilotmag.com | Jason McDowell

When Al Mooney first designed his now-legendary M20-series back in the mid-fifties, it’s doubtful he ever could have predicted just how successful the type would become. But with simplicity and efficiency that remains among the best to this day, it’s no surprise some 11,000 have been built all the way through 2019. Today’s 1965 M20E is a great example, priced at $75,000 on Aircraft For Sale.
Trust But Verify

2 weeks ago | planeandpilotmag.com | Frank Ayers

Autopilots, once a relatively rare piece of equipment reserved for high-end GA singles and light twins, are everywhere today. Each of the major avionics manufacturers offer a sophisticated two-axis autopilot for around $10,000, installed. In aviation speak, anything in this price range should be considered a bargain.
Bargain Buys on AircraftForSale: 2011 Slepcev Storch

2 weeks ago | planeandpilotmag.com | Jason McDowell

It’s safe to say that, at one time or another, every single general aviation pilot has dreamed of owning and flying their own warbird. From fire-breathing P-51 Mustangs to T-6 Texans and more obscure types, the entire category attracts pilots of all types.
Bargain Buys on AircraftForSale: 1972 Piper PA-28R-200 Arrow

3 weeks ago | planeandpilotmag.com | Jason McDowell

There’s something about the feeling of flying a retractable-gear airplane. Feeling that gentle nudge of acceleration as you retract the gear during climb-out feels great, as does knowing you’ve got none of that drag slowing you down—and increasing fuel burn—in cruise. Now, packaged with a relatively easy-to-own Piper Arrow, these experiences are available for $99,000 on Aircraft For Sale.
Bargain Buys on AircraftForSale: 1999 Diamond DA-20-C1 Eclipse/Evolution

3 weeks ago | planeandpilotmag.com | Jason McDowell

In most cases, when shopping for sub-$100,000 airplanes, we typically must accept the reality that our choices will have been built in the 1950s, 1960s, or, if we’re lucky, the 1970s. The idea of buying and owning a 1999 model in that price range seems like pure fantasy. But at $85,000, this 1999 Diamond DA-20-C1 Eclipse/Evolution might be a dream come true. One potentially significant hurdle is that this Eclipse is located in Montreal, Canada.
Don’t Hose the Pilot Behind You

3 weeks ago | planeandpilotmag.com | Jeremy King

Sporty’s Pilot Shop has a video for almost everything in aviation. Years ago, it advertised a DVD titled “How an Airline Captain Should Look and Act,” one of several in the appropriately named ”What You Should Know” series. It feels more like a video some airline pilot would be made to endure as a punishment for showing up with a sloppy uniform, yet there it was.