by Dan Johnson | Dec 20, 2024 | mLSA, Mosaic, Mosaic LSA, Splog, Sport Aviation Center LLC
Let me do the obvious first. Mosaic has for some weeks been in what agency personnel call their “quiet period.” This is when FAA is finalizing a regulation and will no longer respond to info requests. Public comment windows are long closed. Short take — We know only a...
by Dan Johnson | Oct 9, 2024 | Airtime Aviation, Inc. (Fly CT), ct, F2, Flight Design GmbH, LSA business, mLSA, Mosaic, Mosaic LSA, Splog
As we Floridians prepare to face Hurricane Milton starting later today, I’m pleased to give an update on one of our leading companies in the LSA space. I refer to Flight Design, which gained fame for the enviable success of its CT-series aircraft (CT2K, CTSW, CTLS,...
by Marc Cook | Aug 13, 2024 | AirVenture, Mosaic, Splog
As part of the Oshkosh Live streaming television the Firecrown aviation division (which includes this site as well as KITPLANES) did from AirVenture, I sat down with Rian Johnson, who is, in addition to his role as head of design engineering at Van’s Aircraft, the...
by Phil Solomon | Jun 20, 2024 | mLSA, Mosaic, Mosaic LSA, Splog
A lot has been written about the contents of the MOSAIC NPRM and many people and organizations have been able to comment on it to the FAA. Much of the commentary has been around the extension, or in some cases, curtailing of existing privileges for Sport Pilots,...
by Ben Sclair | Oct 1, 2023 | 20231005, Aviation News, Experimental Aircraft Association, General Aviation, Mosaic, Opinion, Touch & Go
MOSAIC is a significant evolutionary step forward from the original light sport regulation that is now about 20 years old. Read...
by Dan Johnson | Sep 15, 2023 | Midwest LSA Expo, Mosaic, Splog
Recreational flying fans… I don’t know about you but I’m getting pretty tired of studying Mosaic. It’s been on my mind every day since FAA issued it on July 24, 2023, just before EAA AirVenture Oshkosh started. I’ve studied this pretty closely — thanks SO much to Roy...