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It’s said that sailors make good floatplane pilots because they understand the nature of wind on the water. Sailboat racer and pilot Rick Orchard took that sentiment to heart in a big way when he decided to pump up an already large homebuilt (the Murphy Moose) by adding Aerocet amphibious floats and a 550-horsepower Pratt & Whitney PT6A-20 turbine engine.

Your hand-held GPS works great and gets you where you want to go. Why would you want to take up precious panel space with...

Friday's attendance at Golden West was small, only about 30% of last year's Saturday attendance. But then I didn't see last year's Friday, so...

If there is anything I've learned this year, it is this: The aviation stuff we do can be a little pricey. We've been breaking...

We're working on an interview with some battery experts, and this is your chance to ask the tough questions. Have you wondered if dropping...

With instrument panels now being populated by flat screens, digital readouts and all manner of 21st century silicon wizardry, it seems odd...

Eventually the day comes when your project morphs from a project to a full-fledged airplane. If you built it and got it certified, you...

Promoters of the Rocky Mountain Fly In, scheduled for September 19-21, 2008, announced this week that the event has been canceled for this year....

Twenty-four seaplanes were expected at the Mike Brown Splash-In on Memorial Day. However seaplane pilots prefer their water under the fuselage, not on the...

Stafford Manufacturing offers a wide selection of mounting collars that can be used to attach a variety of devices and accessories onto structural tubing...