by Dan Johnson | Jul 8, 2022 | Aeropilot USA, Legend 600, M-8 Eagle, Orlican, Splog
Fifty three years ago this month, Neil Armstrong made history when he declared, “The Eagle has landed.” His words described a momentous occasion: humans about to set foot on the moon. Orlican can’t claim such high ground but through two years of Covid dislocations,...
by Dan Johnson | Jul 1, 2022 | Legend XL Tandem, P3 Lite, Six Chuter, Inc., Splog
Considering the company has always been a western U.S. manufacturer, a name that sounds like “six shooter” conjures a cowboy image, horse-riding westerners packing a pistol on their hip. Actually, it’s just a fun name. Six Chuter’s aircraft are enjoyable enough and...
by Dan Johnson | Jun 22, 2022 | Splog
This year, 2022, saw a return to all the great airshows we have come to know and love. One of my all-time favorites and my #1 pick in Europe is Aero Friedrichshafen. I already provided three articles — (1) turbines, (2) six innovations, and (3) Aero success — covering...
by Dan Johnson | Jun 17, 2022 | LAMA - Light Aircraft Mfrs. Assoc., Powered Sport Flying magazine, Splog
Airspace from ground level to 400 feet is about to get really crowded. Keep alert, fellow pilots! Am I overstating this situation? I don’t think so. You know about drones. You may not know they are presently restricted to visual line of sight. However, a line-of-sight...
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 | Jun 2, 2022 | Mirocopter, Splog
In a time of great spectator enthusiasm for STOL competitions, wouldn’t a VTOL be even better? If a super-short takeoff is cool, why not vertical takeoff? Of course, most of the multicopter types — flying machines sometimes called eVTOLs — take off vertically but...
