Amy Laboda
Contributing Editor Amy Laboda is a freelance writer and editor of Aviation for Women magazine. She's an ATP-rated pilot and instrument and multi-engine Flight Instructor with a passion for teaching and flying in light aircraft. Her steady rides these days are a 18-year old Kitfox IV and a fresh Van's RV-10.
Down to Earth
Amy Laboda updated the avionics package on her RV-10 with an NavWorx ADS600-B box, and its ADS-B function has opened a whole new window on the world.
Down To Earth
Homebuilt aircraft played a key role in bringing aid to the Bahamas after Hurricane Irene. Amy Laboda explains how you can join in future relief efforts.
Down to Earth
Amy Laboda finds a way to keep her RV-10s engine cool-until she runs into hot, South Florida summer weather, that is.
TCW Brings Two New Products to AirVenture
TCW Technologies is known for being the company with the products that can save the expensive avionics in your homebuilt in the case of...
TruTrak Taking Orders for Gemini PFD
Set your alarm clocks for early on September 1 and be online at www.trutrakap.com if you are one of the many who have been...
ADS-B In for the Budget Minded
This year's AirVenture show is full of options for aviators looking to port in the free government-sponsored ADS-B weather. NavWorx brought its PADS portable...
Sport Copter Back with Two-Place Gyroplane Kit
Sport Copter, Inc., of Scappoose, Oregon, is back at AirVenture this year with a kit for a two-place gyroplane meant for serious loitering and...
Picture This: Fly Your Pattern in PreFlight Planning
Flight planners found on the Internet all have their own special niche. Some are designed to cater to the jet-set, and others are just...
A New Cylinder Head for Your Lycoming
Are you looking to rebuild a Lycoming, and you're hungry for power? Pause here and take a look at what Phoenix Power Products of...
A Modern M14 Ignition System for Your Moose
If you are an Vedeneyev M14 radial engine owner, or even thinking you might be, pay attention. I'm talking to you Murphy Moose builders...
In Case You Missed It
Still Aiming High
Dan Parker aims to capture the world altitude record by flying to 31,051 feet in an aircraft he designed and built, and which weighs less than 200 kilograms. We checked in on him to see how things are progressing.
The Dawn Patrol
When one email gets forwarded far and wide, an airport picnic (featuring a surfeit of fried green tomatoes) ends up attracting a mob. But The Dawn Patrol rises to the challenge.
