by Dan Johnson | Mar 6, 2022 | Aeroprakt Ltd., Aeroprakt USA, Airtime Aviation, Inc. (Fly CT), Flight Design GmbH, Flight Design USA, ICON Aircraft, Splog
Two wildly divergent events occurred in the last few days. They are completely unrelated yet they show the global interplay in modern light aviation. One story involves relative newcomer Icon Aircraft and their A5 LSA seaplane. The other revolves around the producer...
by Dan Johnson | Mar 1, 2022 | Piuma Project, Splog
A steady stream of readers ask about motorgliders. This is one of recreational aviation’s most interesting aircraft types. Motorgliders can soar reasonably well for those interested in working thermals or ridge lift to ascend without motor noise. Many others might...
by Dan Johnson | Feb 24, 2022 | Aeromarine-LSA, Aviad, Splog, Zigolo MG-12, Zigolo Mg21
Americans know Zigolo thanks to U.S. importer, Chip Erwin. He brought the genuine Part 103 ultralight to the USA but also to other countries where he found customers. Those who know Chip are aware he has many international connections. Beside importing aircraft to the...
by Dan Johnson | Feb 23, 2022 | #Aircraft, 20220310, Aviation News, flying, General Aviation, Light Sport Aircraft, LSA, Opinion, Pilots, Splog, sport pilot
Zenith once again tops the list of best-selling light-sport aircraft, with Rans No. 2 in homebuilt aircraft. Van’s RV-12 took the top spot as the #1 fully-built LSA. Read...
by Dan Johnson | Feb 21, 2022 | Splog
I promise I will not keep reporting futuristic eVTOLS or multicopters. However, since the Jetson One article went over better than expected and since I’ve focused mainly on Part 103-sized multicopters, how about one that is LSA-sized? I still would not follow one...
by Dan Johnson | Feb 16, 2022 | Splog
By my study and reports from several other organizations, the world has somewhere north of 1,000,000 pilots. That estimate includes all airline, military, GA, and recreational pilots even including hang glider and paraglider pilots and sky divers. One million, more or...
