Good Eyes! Great Catch!

Wade had owned a variety of airplanes, including a couple of pressurized cabin-class twins. The plane he was now flying was a Cirrus SR22 Turbo, and he just loved it. He found the plane’s 200-knot cruise performance at altitude quite remarkable. It was as fast as his...

Righting a Prebuy Gone Wrong

Dan had been looking to buy an airplane, and he found one that seemed perfect. It was a 2007 Cirrus SR22 being offered by one of the country’s premier Cirrus-specialized brokers. Dan made an offer for the plane, and the broker accepted. As usual, Dan’s purchase was...

Regulatory Roadblock?

Last December, Larry had the Continental TSIO-360-MB engine in his 1987 Mooney 252 TSE major overhauled by a well-known engine shop. Now, his airplane was going through its annual inspection and the IA was telling Larry there was a big problem with his freshly...

Yikes! No oil pressure!

George was flying his trusty old 1960 Cessna 182 from its Southern California home base to Lake Tahoe when—about halfway through the planned three-hour flight while cruising at VFR at 10,500 feet over the Mojave Desert just northwest of Edwards Air Force Base—he...

Rough Engine: Hardware or Software?

Fred’s Cirrus SR22 was giving him trouble. The engine would regularly “hiccup” during cruise flight, and this was really spooking Fred. Worse than that, it was spooking Fred’s wife to the point that she was no longer willing to fly in the airplane with him.  This...