Q4 Cessna CJ Review – CitationJet CE-525 Market High Performance Aviation Cessna CitationJet (CE-525) Cessna CitationJet CJ CE-525 Market Analysis – Q4 2022 by Randy DeLong If you are in the market for a CitationJet (straight CJ), you have probably noticed...
Garmin G1000 VNAV Descent Planning with the GFC 700 Autopilot Learn from a former factory flight instructor, Randy DeLong, as he teaches how to use the Garmin G1000 VNAV descent planning feature coupled with the Garmin GFC 700 Autopilot and Flight Director. Topics...
A Pilot’s Review of the Garmin GFC 500 Digital Autopilot High Performance Aviation By Quinton Jordan The Garmin GFC 500 Digital Autopilot The Garmin GFC 500 Digital autopilot is an adaptation of Garmin’s OEM GFC 700 that can be found in several factory aircraft...
Aircraft Airworthiness High Performance Aviation What Makes an Aircraft Airworthy? This is a question all pilots, owners, and operators ask a lot. The CFAR’s state in § 91.7 Civil aircraft airworthiness: (a) No person may operate a civil aircraft unless it is in an...
Initial Impressions on the Embraer Phenom 300 High Performance Aviation Initial Impressions on the Embraer Phenom 300 by Quinton Jordan 01/25/2022 After working on Phenom 300’s, 100’s and the ERJ135/145 aka Legacy 600 for several years as an aircraft mechanic, I was...
Reflection on an Aviation Career Part 1 By Randy DeLong High Performance Aviation Reflection on an Aviation Career Part 1 by Randy DeLong This will be the first of several articles based on my aviation career. Over the course of my career, I have completed flight...
Turbocharging vs Supercharging When it comes to high altitude, i.e., turbo or supercharged engines, there are a lot of misconceptions. The vast majority of general aviation piston engines are normally aspirated, resulting in a good amount of flight instructors,...
Introducing Randy DeLong Aircraft Sales Associate We are pleased to welcome Randy DeLong to High Performance Aviation as our new Aircraft Sales Associate. With an aviation career spanning 42 years, he has seen many changes in airplanes, avionics, and the air traffic...
Garmin G1000 vs. Avidyne Entegra Avionics By Brandon Ray, ATP, Master CFI, CFII, MEI I often get asked about comparisons between the Garmin G1000 and Avidyne Entegra systems. Many Piper, Cirrus, and Columbia aircraft originally debuted with Avidyne glass cockpit...
Why Hire an Aircraft Broker? Most aircraft owners are smart, successful professionals who pride themselves on their ability to make good financial decisions. However, most aircraft owners will only buy or sell an aircraft a few times over the course of a lifetime....
Brandon Ray Designated 6-Time Master Instructor Master Instructors LLC (MI LLC) and its Board of Review take pride in announcing a significant aviation accomplishment on the part of these very special aviation educators. Recently, they were all accredited through...
CubCrafters Unveils New Carbon Cub High Performance Aviation CubCrafters Unveils New Carbon Cub CubCrafters is introducing two new variants of the company’s hugely successful Carbon Cub model, the Carbon Cub EX-3 and FX-3. The Carbon Cub EX-3 is an experimental...
Advance Tickets Available Online for EAA Airventure Oshkosh 2018 High Performance Aviation Advance Tickets Available Online for EAA Airventure Oshkosh 2018 Are you thinking of going to Oshkosh next summer? Tickets and camping passes are available online for the 66th...
FAA Hypoxia Training in Sugar Land, TX Dec. 7 – 10, 2017 High Performance Aviation FAA Hypoxia Training in Sugar Land, TX Dec. 7 – 10, 2017 It starts with a warm, fuzzy feeling. You might giggle a little. Colors seem brighter. Next you might feel a little...
Textron Aviation Unveils the Cessna SkyCourier High Performance Aviation Textron Aviation Unveils the Cessna SkyCourier WICHITA, Kan. (Nov. 28, 2017) – Textron Aviation Inc. today announced its new twin-engine, high-wing, large-utility turboprop – the Cessna...
8 Things ATC Wishes Pilots Would Not Do (Or Do Differently) High Performance Aviation 8 Things ATC Wishes Pilots Would Not Do (Or Do Differently) I have a golf buddy (let’s call him Bill) who is a retired air traffic controller. We first met when we were both...
