by Dan Johnson | Feb 21, 2024 | BRP-Powertrain (Rotax Aircraft Engines), Glider or Motorglider, Phoenix, Phoenix Air USA, Splog, Top-50 Videos
The Top 50 video series has gone over very well and continues with this post about the Phoenix LSA motorglider. If you thought it disappeared and were unhappy about that, have I got good news for you! I am aware of a very positive development regarding Phoenix that I...
by Dan Johnson | Jan 31, 2024 | Blue Collar Aviation, Fixed Wing Aircraft, Flylight Airsports, Glider or Motorglider, Part 103, SkyRanger U.S., Splog
Tabor Coates calls his business Blue Collar Aviation. Honestly, as someone who scours the globe for affordable aircraft, any business with this name was certain to grab my attention. This isn’t simply adroit marketing. Tabor’s Maynard, Massachusetts operation is deep...
by Dan Johnson | Oct 26, 2023 | Aeromarine-LSA, Glider or Motorglider, Merlin Lite, Merlin PSA, Part 103, Splog, Top-50 LSA
This Merlin has nothing to do with kids in colorful costumes seeking sweets from their neighbors. It does have to do with pilots liking interesting airplanes that they can fly over their neighbors… especially when they can afford the airplane. In the last couple...
by Dan Johnson | Oct 4, 2023 | Dingo, Future Vehicles s.r.o., Glider or Motorglider, Part 103, Song UL, Splog, Top-50 Videos
You know this airplane and you know this company, although a refresher might be in order. You can be excused if this one slips your mind. The airplane caught on-approach to landing was from years ago. Americans first saw it with an electric motor developed by Randall...
by Dan Johnson | Jun 7, 2023 | AIR (Aeronautic Innovation Rühle), Glider or Motorglider, single seat aircraft, Splog, Trike, Ultralight Design (CZ), Weight Shift Control
From dawn to dusk, we hear how electric propulsion is going to save the Earth. Whatever your belief about the hazards of fossil fuel, electric propulsion is coming. When is another matter. Air taxi ventures based on multicopter designs are drinking up funds by the...
