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...
Bose ProFlight Aviation Headset: A Pilot’s Perspective High Performance Aviation Bose ProFlight Headset: A Detailed Review Bose has unveiled what they claim to be their smallest, lightest, and most comfortable noise-cancelling aviation headset ever—the ProFlight. This...
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...
10 Things to Carry in Your Aircraft That Could Save Your Trip High Performance Aviation 10 Things to Carry in Your Aircraft That Could Save Your Trip by Paul Volk Every so often, I find it necessary to empty my aircraft of everything in the various seat pockets,...
Loss of Control High Performance Aviation Loss of Control by Scott Kellam The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) defines aircraft Loss of Control as: “Loss of aircraft control while in flight.” Loss of Control (LOC) related accidents are the leading...
Loss of Control: FAASafety Team Seminar on August 16th, 2017 High Performance Aviation Loss of Control On Wednesday, August 16, 2017, John Hollingshead, Commercial Pilot, CFI, CFII, MEI, High Performance Aviation, LLC will present an FAA Safety Team talk on Loss of...
Crossing the Line: Datalink Weather and Thunderstorms High Performance Aviation Crossing the Line: Datalink Weather and Thunderstorms by Paul Volk It’s summer, and one way to tell is that it’s very easy to find “how not to fly into thunderstorms” articles. These are...
Flying Your First Aerial Photography Mission High Performance Aviation Flying Your First Aerial Photography Mission By Sonny Lacey The Usual Requests from Friends “My uncle’s ranch is just north of the Interstate…when you are flying up there, take some pictures;...
Review of BrightLine Bags Flex B7 Flight Echo Bag High Performance Aviation Review of BrightLine Bags Flex B7 Flight-Echo Bag Brandon J. Ray I rarely travel anywhere without a computer bag or flight bag of some kind. There are so many gadgets, file folders, wires,...
10 Things Pilots Should Know About Datalink Weather High Performance Aviation 10 Things Pilots Should Know About Datalink Weather by Paul Volk This article is about one of my favorite topics: weather in the cockpit. I have been involved with this technology since 1999...