The Cessna 150 is a two-seat tricycle gear general aviation airplane, that was designed for flight training, touring and personal use.

Collins earned his private pilot license in 1952 and has since logged over 20,000 hours in general aviation airplanes.

The new five seater will have one of the largest cabins of the new generation of general aviation airplanes.

Some aircraft, particularly light general aviation airplanes and older helicopters, have service ceilings so low that they may stall simply trying to maintain level flight.

This false statement that general aviation airplanes are a threat to nuclear power plants is harmful to the general aviation industry.

He flew all types of commercial and general aviation airplanes and helicopters.

The security of general aviation airplanes has been a major issue since four airliners were hijacked on Sept. 11.

"All of the fastest general aviation airplanes now are home-builts," Mr. Martin said.

"With a typical general aviation airplane, it's making less noise than the neighbor's lawn mower once it's climbing above the airport fence."

Lou had a small grass strip on the farm, but it was not long enough to allow very many general aviation airplanes to land there.