by Dan Johnson | Nov 30, 2022 | Aero Affinity, BRP-Powertrain (Rotax Aircraft Engines), MC01, Montaer Aeronaves (Brazil), Splog
Pilots love airplanes (duh!). Pilots also love engines, especially when they are truly powerful. So, perhaps Brazilian manufacturer Montaer made a market-savvy move by moving quickly to incorporate Rotax’s most potent engine, their 915iS producing 141 horsepower in a...
by Dan Johnson | Oct 20, 2022 | Aero Affinity, BRP-Powertrain (Rotax Aircraft Engines), Garmin International, MC01, Montaer Aeronaves (Brazil), Montaer USA, Splog
When I asked “Mosaic LSA?” in the lead image of this article, was I simply being provocative? Or, is the soon-to-be-debuted Montaer MC01 with Rotax 915iS a forecast of what is to come with Mosaic? Hopefully the title did get your attention but it asks a legitimate...
by Dan Johnson | Aug 8, 2022 | Aero Affinity, BRP-Powertrain (Rotax Aircraft Engines), Garmin International, MC01, Montaer Aeronaves (Brazil), Splog
We leave the grounds of Oshkosh ghosted with images of planes that attracted major interest. From Wisconsin we fly far south to Brazil, home to Montaer and its MC-01, number 154 on our Special Light-Sport Aircraft List. Montaer will now be represented in the USA by a...
by Dan Johnson | Jun 10, 2022 | Aero Adventure, Inc., Aero Affinity, B.O.T. Aircraft, Magnus Aircraft (Hungary), Montaer Aeronaves (Brazil), SC 07 Super Cruiser, Splog, The Aviator Family
The title of this article contains a lot of information. If you are a close observer of light aircraft, you may recognize B.O.T.’s Speed Cruiser but you didn’t get the rest right away, did you? Now Available? Journey? Aero Affinity? Neither did I know these references...
by Dan Johnson | Nov 2, 2021 | Aero Adventure, Inc., MC01, Montaer Aeronaves (Brazil), Montaer USA
Over many years, many people have done solid work to accommodate people who are physically challenged in one way or another. That’s great! More opportunities to bring in motivated pilots is worthwhile. Yet designers have been hampered from making such changes, partly...
by Dan Johnson | Aug 23, 2021 | Aeromarine-LSA, Alion Aviation, JMB Aircraft s.r.o., MC01, Merlin Lite, Montaer Aeronaves (Brazil), Montaer USA, Splog, Tri-State Kites, VL3
For 18 months, the world has been under assault from a bug so small you can’t see it without a big microscope. Plenty of us are hungry to return to what we once quaintly called “normal.” Hundreds of thousands of people at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2021 started back on...
