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Dakota Super 18
Unparalleled slow-speed handling characteristics set this Cub apart. By Bill Repucci.
Letters
Education and InspirationFor the past few years, I have been working on a one-of-a-kind Super Cub-ish type of aircraft. Guidance comes from various sources,...
In Case You Missed It
Go Around
I just returned from my annual airline recurrent AQP, or Advanced Qualification Program, training....
Ask the DAR
Complying with the 51% rule, bringing Canadian aircraft into the U.S., adding auxiliary fuel tanks, using non-TSOd ADS-B in an Ercoupe.