Purchasing an Airplane – Deciding Your Typical Mission High Performance Aviation Purchasing an Airplane: Deciding on Your Typical Mission Purchasing an airplane is often seen as a daunting task. It involves a significant transaction, with many caveats to...
Buying vs Renting a Plane High Performance Aviation Should I Buy or Rent an Airplane? In previous posts, we’ve talked about the benefits of owning your own plane. Owning an airplane can open the door to freedoms you never thought possible. Airplane ownership, however,...
Q4 Cessna CJ Review – CitationJet CE-525 Market High Performance Aviation 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 the price increase over the...
Modern Aircraft Engines High Performance Aviation When you look at the different types of engines today the designation of the engine can leave you wondering what they mean. For instance, Lycoming has a TIO-540-AJ1A engine rated at 310 BHP, and Continental has a...
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 II by Randy DeLong High Performance Aviation Part II So, we left off previously with my first solo on February 8, 1978. I don’t remember if it was the weather or some other obstacle, but the next time I soloed was February 24,...
Reflection on an Aviation Career Part I By Randy DeLong High Performance Aviation Reflection on an Aviation Career Part I 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...
Piston Aircraft Market High Performance Aviation Piston Engine Aircraft Market Changes in the piston engine aircraft market are often reflected in the ceaseless amount of purchasing agreements between large flight training providers and aircraft manufacturers across...
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...
What is the Difference Between an Aircraft Dealer and a Broker? What is an Aircraft Dealer? Aircraft dealers are typically businesses that take in airplanes in trade, or proactively buy inventory for the purpose of resale. Dealers are granted Dealer Registration...
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...