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The Aircraft Bluebook Price Digest is a quarterly print publication by Informa (also available on CD-ROM) that was established in the 1950s. It identifies and prices more than 3,000 used general aviation aircraft and helicopter make and model-years available in the United States. Prices reflect historical data and cannot, therefore, take into ...
[2] [3] AOPA exists to serve the interests of its members as aircraft owners and pilots and to promote the economy, safety, utility, and popularity of flight in general aviation aircraft. [ 4 ] With 384,915 members in 2012, AOPA is the largest aviation association in the world, although it had decreased in membership from 414,224 in 2010, a ...
The procurement cost (often referred to for military aircraft as the weapons system cost) is the total price of the aircraft. A good way of looking at the difference is that the flyaway cost is the cost of making the aircraft, while the procurement cost is the cost of buying the aircraft. Procurement costs may include ancillary equipment costs ...
Based on his previous work with innovative light aircraft, the BD-1 (eventually developed into the American Aviation AA-1 Yankee) and BD-2, Jim Bede designed the BD-4 to be one of the first real "kitplanes" in the world. (AOPA has credited the design of the BD-4 to aeronautical inventor Dave Blanton. [2]) The design was based on a high-wing ...
General aviation aircraft production in the U.S. -- following its 30-year peak in the late 1970s—dropped sharply over the next few years to a fraction of its original volume [12] —from approximately 18,000 units in 1978 [8] [13] [14] [15] to 4,000 units in 1986.
The aircraft would continue to feature composite materials for the fuselage and have more powerful engines and new winglets to achieve performance improvements over the previous model. The first flight was scheduled for April 2009, with FAA certification planned for the first half of 2010. [ 5 ]
Flight sharing is the sharing of the direct operating costs of non-commercial general aviation aircraft flights between a licensed pilot and their passengers (in contrast to the outright commercial operation of flights for hire, such as fractional ownership of aircraft or air charter).
Data from Plane and Pilot. General characteristics Crew: 1 Capacity: 4 passengers Wing area: 135 sq ft (12.5 m 2) Airfoil: NACA 63(2)-215 Empty weight: 1,200 lb (544 kg) Gross weight: 2,400 lb (1,089 kg) Fuel capacity: 50 U.S. gallons (190 L; 42 imp gal) Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming IO-360 horizontally opposed piston, 180 hp (130 kW) Performance Maximum speed: 161 kn (185 mph, 298 km/h) Cruise ...