by Mark Timney | Apr 10, 2024 | gyroplane, LSA business, Splog
Editor’s Note: Here again let’s take a quick look at some of the LSAs we’ve seen so far at Sun ‘n Fun and welcome Mark Timney to our contributors for this show. The first-day crowd at Sun ‘n Fun 2024’s Paradise City was a little smaller than usual according to...
by Marc Cook | Mar 28, 2024 | LSA business, Sling, Sling Academy, Splog, The Airplane Factory, The Airplane Factory USA
Harley Davidson or Rotax — Sounds can be unique and associated with a certain brand. Harley motorcycles have made their sound a trademark, defending it vigorously against wannabe knock-offs. Sling Pilot Academy found Rotax 912iS engines output a particular sound, too....
by Dan Johnson | Jan 13, 2023 | ICON Aircraft, LSA business, LSA market share, LSA Market Shares, Powrachute Corporation, Splog, Van's Aircraft, Inc., Zenith Aircraft Co.
The year started with hope. As 2022 arrived, America and most countries (China excepted) were emerging from two years of difficult lockdowns and Covid. The good news was that a flood of money from the U.S. government had buoyed the stock market and I’ve long observed...
by Dan Johnson | Jan 21, 2022 | LSA business, LSA market share, LSA Market Shares, Splog
Barely after we rang in the new year, here’s a review of 2021 market shares and info regarding the state of the light, recreational aircraft industry. After a surprisingly strong 2020 despite Covid, 2021 returned to Earth a bit but with some shifting between...
by Dan Johnson | Sep 23, 2021 | Aviation Insurance Resources, LSA business, Splog
Numerous reports involve rising inflation in the last year. What’s driving this? Despite public spending at levels never seen before, inflation had seemed tame and the economy appears remarkably strong even after the last year and a half of dislocations and...
by Dan Johnson | Aug 16, 2021 | LSA business, LSA market share, LSA Market Shares, Pipistrel LSA s.r.l., Shark US, Shark.Aero, Splog, Tecnam Costruzioni Aeronautiche
For a week last month, the center of the aviation universe was headquartered in Oshkosh, Wisconsin — population around 50,000 until AirVenture brings in five times that many on the biggest days. AirVenture Oshkosh is arguably the most important aviation event in the...
