Piston

Six new Textron Aviation aircraft are joining the world’s largest single-engine piston fleet.

December 17, 1935, saw the first flight of the Douglas Sleeper Transport, or DST, which marked the first variant of the DC-3 series. One last major offensive in World War II is worth reflection upon the anniversary of the DC-3’s first flight.

The next expression of a modern trainer comes from an atelier of Italian design.

A lovable WWII-era biplane can be a worthy but expensive project.

The approval adds state-of-the-art touchscreens for pilot interface.

The two-seat training airplane, the Tecnam P-Mentor, is flying around Europe and we get a demo flight in Italy.

Diamond Aircraft launched its first single-engine piston airplane into the European market in 1992 with the two-seat Dimona—later Diamond—DV20 Katana, powered by a Diamond Wankel engine.

The single-engine piston, diesel-powered Diamond DA50RG with a Continental CD-300 engine sets the bar for the category. We put one of the first ones to the test in Austria.

The challenge of getting quality multiengine time is a theme throughout the development of a professional pilot’s career.

While the all-metal Luscombe 8A looks like other small taildraggers, it was a departure in some ways.