by Dan Johnson | Dec 8, 2022 | Airtime Aviation, Inc. (Fly CT), CTLS, F2, Flight Design GmbH, Splog
Web stats showed a strong response to my article about Ukraine-based light aircraft builders continuing on even as the missiles fly and the bombs fall around them. The situation is terrifying and the future uncertain but the stories we don’t hear sometimes involve...
by Dan Johnson | Nov 7, 2022 | A-22, A32 Vixxen, Aeros, Airtime Aviation, Inc. (Fly CT), Ant, CTLS, F2, Heavenbound Aviation, Splog
The following story is one that moved me and might affect you similarly. I consider all recreational aviators anywhere in the world as fellow flying enthusiasts. Maybe you do, too? Whatever we fly, pilots share a love of aviation, regardless of what language we speak...
by Dan Johnson | Mar 6, 2022 | Aeroprakt Ltd., Aeroprakt USA, Airtime Aviation, Inc. (Fly CT), Flight Design GmbH, Flight Design USA, ICON Aircraft, Splog
Two wildly divergent events occurred in the last few days. They are completely unrelated yet they show the global interplay in modern light aviation. One story involves relative newcomer Icon Aircraft and their A5 LSA seaplane. The other revolves around the producer...
by Dan Johnson | Dec 17, 2021 | AeroJones Aviation, Airtime Aviation, Inc. (Fly CT), Cruiser Aircraft, Inc., Flight Design USA, Jabiru USA (North America), Skyleader USA, Splog
The last airshow of 2021 is over. The Christmas holidays are beginning to dominate everyone’s calendar. Yet recreational pilots — being enthusiastic aviators — are thinking about flying in 2022. The Covid pandemic of 2020/2021 appears not to have slowed enjoyment of...
by Dan Johnson | Jul 9, 2021 | Airtime Aviation, Inc. (Fly CT), F2, Flight Design GmbH, Flight Design USA, Splog
Taking a welcome break from FAA news, let’s check out our favorite topic: cool new airplanes. Welcome to the New F2 “Wait,” you exclaim! “F2 isn’t new.” Excellent, you’ve been keeping up. What you don’t know is that Flight Design’s latest and greatest just earned FAA...
by Dan Johnson | Apr 24, 2021 | Airtime Aviation, Inc. (Fly CT), Colt 100, CTsw, F2, Flight Design GmbH, J230-D, Jabiru USA (North America), Progressive Aerodyne, SeaRey LSA, Splog, Texas Aircraft Manufacturing
Pilots heading to Sun ‘n Fun 2021 had no real idea what to expect. As evening approached on Sunday set-up day, a big black storm cloud rolled over Sun ‘n Fun’s Lakeland Airport campus, blowing guard shacks and plastic bathrooms around like pieces of paper. An omen?...
