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This Day in Aviation | Important Dates in Aviation History 12 October 1976 October 12, 2024Aviationc/n 72001, General Electric T58-GE-5, General Electric TF34-GE-2, N740NA, Rotor Systems Research Aircraft, RSRA, Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Sikorsky S-72Bryan Swopes Sikorsky S-72 RSRA 72001 in initial configuration. (Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Company) 1...

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Inside The Wonderful World Of Crew Rest Areas These rooms are more important than you might think.

Latest editions of Aviation Maintenance Technician Handbooks available — General Aviation News New editions of the FAA Aviation Maintenance Technician Handbooks for General, Airframe, and Powerplant are now available from Aviation Supplies & Academics (ASA).

Savvy Maintenance: Opinion The exhaust valve is the most likely component of a piston aircraft engine to fail catastrophically. When one fails, combustion ceases in the cylinder, and the engine loses power and starts running rough.

A traveler tried a bad joke with the pilot: Why that question could get people in trouble A traveler asked an airline pilot if he was drunk for laughs. Here's why that's nothing to joke about.

After replacing almost everything in my engine, why is there metal in my oil filter? — General Aviation News My advice to all who have or will experience metal contamination in an engine: Replace the oil cooler and hoses rather than taking a chance.

“Booted Out of Annual,” related a true story of a Beechcraft Bonanza owner who put his airplane in the shop for its annual inspection, got into a disagreement with the shop’s manager, and wound up having his airplane thrown out of the shop in pieces.

A Squawk List for Your Next Annual Inspection You likely have a pretty good relationship with your mechanics and give them a verbal or formal written list of items you want them to check into and fix at the plane’s annual inspection. The back-and-forth between mechanics and pilots has generated some of the best aviation humor out there. Suppo...

Aircraft Maintenance: Understanding oil analysis By doing routine oil analysis on your engine at regular intervals, you can establish a health trend history specific to your particular engine.

If your mechanic seems overly cautious and self-protective in
his approach to maintaining your airplane, he has good reason.

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Opinion: (What we have here is a) failure to rotate Piston aircraft engines have a lot of moving parts. Way too many, if you ask me. The thought of thousands of separate metal parts reciprocating, rotating, wiggling, wobbling, and rubbing against one another thousands of times a minute ought to make you nervous—it sure does me. It’s something I t...

Want to be an ag pilot? — General Aviation News Just published is "How to Succeed in the Agricultural Aerial Aviation Business" by Rick McCord.