by Dan Johnson | Dec 8, 2021 | Blades Over Me, Fielden Aero, Pipistrel LSA s.r.l., Splog, U-Fly-It
This website regularly promotes affordable aviation. Can you genuinely find an aircraft you like that is affordable? If so, are the smaller shows — ones I call “sector-specific” — the place to find them? Those two questions come up all the time on ByDanJohnson.com....
by Dan Johnson | Oct 14, 2021 | Pipistrel LSA s.r.l., Pipistrel USA, Sinus, Splog
Probably like a lot of you, I enjoy different kinds of flying but if asked to state one favorite, it’s an easy question to answer. I’m a great enthusiast of soaring flight. Over decades of sampling a large number of aircraft of every description, I’m still drawn to a...
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...
by Dan Johnson | Jun 27, 2021 | Alpha, Pipistrel LSA s.r.l., Pipistrel USA, Splog
“WE DID IT!” boasted the team from down under! “We are thrilled to announce that this afternoon we achieved a World Endurance Record for an electric aircraft, breaking the previous mark set in Germany last year.” (Note: Official recognition always takes more time.)...
by Dan Johnson | Jun 21, 2021 | Alpha, Pipistrel LSA s.r.l., Pipistrel USA, Splog
Does Alpha have the tiny little motor that could? That sounds like an old childhood story (“The Little Engine that Could…”) but here we are in the new millennia with electric cars, huge wind farms, vast solar collector projects, biofuels, and more. Subsidies are...
