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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 ...
Richard Gibson McSpadden (1960 – October 1, 2023) [1] was an American educator and pilot. He became the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) Air Safety Institute (ASI) senior vice-president in 2020, having previously been its executive director from 2017.
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 ...
The Renegade is a lengthened and more powerful version of the Lake Buccaneer.They share the Buccaneer's type certificate, and Buccaneer production was terminated. [2] In turn, it gave rise to a number of variants, including the militarised LA-250 Seawolf, the turbocharged LA-270 Turbo Renegade, and the LA-270 Seafury optimised for marine environments.
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 ...
The flight began on August 24, with the aircraft remaining in the Yuma area throughout, and ended after more than 1,124 hours, or nearly 47 days in the air, on October 10. In 1997, the record-setting airplane was located and returned to Yuma; made airworthy again, it flew on October 10, 1999, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the end of ...