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Thus far, very light jets have been mainly marketing puffery. This year, four actually arrived, including a surprise visit from Honda.

Among light-light twins, the Duchess is one of the better performers, with good slow speed traits and decent cruise speed.

Later this year, Lancair will deliver a first: electrically de-iced airplanes to compete directly with TKS. The system can be easily retrofitted to older aircraft.

Although we like WSIs unique data, its pricing is too complex. XM-based data from WxWorx is readily available on more portable platforms than WSI.

The market is in utter flux with at least three new products poised for introduction. Quiet Technologies and Lightspeed are the ones to watch.

Yes, FS is more expensive but we like its structured syllabus and more polished take-away training materials.

Its All About Customer Service
Compared to the engine shop business, the sort of backstabbing and duplicitousness Hollywood is known for is gossip over the fence exchanged between rank amateurs. Some of these engine shops really have it out for each other and if given half the chance to vent about the sins of the other guys, you can count on hearing an earful, as I did when one of them phoned the other day to complain about our engine shop survey article in the April issue.

Ill refrain from naming names but this shop is a well-respected, nationally known engine builder; youd know it. The shop manager wanted to know why we didnt say as much and while were at it, how cou…

Garmins aviation-specific PDA performs we’ll but its missing wireless capabilty and access to XM-based weather.

If youre treating a hangar floor, buy the expensive paint. Its worth the cost.

Few airplanes fly as fast or as far on as little gas as the K-model Mooneys. The 252 is the most refined version of the line.

In our brutal salt-mist test, Exxon Elite and Aeroshell 15W50 were best at stopping rust. CamGuard additive improved performance of all the oils.

After the wreck, itll be too late to consider whether your hull value is too high or too low. Heres how to get it just right.