We Fly | FLYING Magazine

Behind the Scenes at CubCrafters, Crafting a Cub

FLYING goes behind the scenes at the CubCrafters’ manufacturing facilities on the Yakima airport.

We Fly: CubCrafters Carbon Cub EX-3 & FX-3 Made for Backcountry

The backcountry specialist forges new ground—and positions for growth.

GameBird GB1 Offers Aerobatics In An Everyday Traveler

In less than a decade, this multi-mission airplane has scored great success.

The wing and wingtip of a TBM 940 aircraft with a bed of clouds below and the horizon in the distance

Ferry Flight: Daher TBM 940

The TBM turboprop makes quick and comfortable work of the North Atlantic track.

A man in a white safety suit works on the fuselage of a Daher TBM 960 under construction.

Building It: Daher TBM 960

Daher evolves its flagship TBM series with an eye towards a greener tomorrow.

A Daher TBM 960 airplane soars in the sky at sunset

We Fly: Daher TBM 960

Flying Daher’s TBM 960 turns a crush into love.

Knocking Off the Rust in a Van’s RV-12iS

After a hiatus, a “rusty pilot” tries out a state-of-the-art SLSA.

We Fly: Embraer Praetor 500

Certificated in 2019, this business jet has the longest range in the midsize segment and boasts proprietary fly-by-wire flight control systems that follow (and adjust) to your every move.

We Fly: The JMB Aircraft VL-3

A combination of speed and gorgeous liveries propels this piston single.

We Fly: Just Aircraft SuperSTOL

No other airplane I’ve flown can do what the SuperSTOL can. STOL, as you know, stands for “short takeoff and landing.” SuperSTOL, then, implies really short takeoffs and landings, made possible by the airplane’s huge 45-degree fowler flaps and self-deploying leading-edge slats, designs borrowed from the Helio Courier bush plane and scaled to fit this diminutive two-seat experimental amateur-built kitplane.