by Dan Johnson | Jul 27, 2021 | Aeros International, Badland Aircraft, Dragon PPG, Fusion Copter Ltd., Splog, Team Mini-Max LLC, Thunderbird Aviation
WOW! It’s great to be back at a major airshow. I imagine every single person on that immense stretch of show grounds (way past a mile north to south!) felt largely the same way I did. Airshow buddies. Cool aircraft to check out. All manner of compelling gear to make...
by Dan Johnson | Jul 26, 2021 | BRP-Powertrain (Rotax Aircraft Engines), Lockwood Aircraft Corp., Splog
As AirVenture Oshkosh 2021 starts, we have arrived at a long-awaited beginning to the world’s biggest airshow. AirVenture Oshkosh 2021 opens Monday July 26th and I am on-site to capture all the best news I can find for light aircraft. Regretfully, my Canada-based...
by Dan Johnson | Jul 20, 2021 | Beringer Aero, Beringer Aero USA, E-Props Propellers Company, J170-D, J230-D, Jabiru Australia, Jabiru USA (North America), JMB Aircraft s.r.o., Polini Motori S.p.A., SeaMax, Seamax Aircraft (formerly AirMax), Splog, VL3
Well, FINALLY, AirVenture Oshkosh is barely a week away. It seems like forever, doesn’t it? It has been two years but feels like a decade. I hope you can attend, but if not, I plan to be on-site all week gathering the latest about Light-Sport Aircraft, Sport Pilot...
by Dan Johnson | Jul 16, 2021 | Alion Aviation, JMB Aircraft s.r.o., Splog, VL3
The age of Light Personal Aircraft is not far off in the future but is that where “fast-glass” LSA are headed? Certainly, some LSA producers have ambitions for four seat cruisers or tougher bush aircraft or larger load-carrying aircraft to satisfy pilots that want...
by Dan Johnson | Jul 9, 2021 | Airtime Aviation, Inc. (Fly CT), F2, Flight Design GmbH, Flight Design USA, Splog
Taking a welcome break from FAA news, let’s check out our favorite topic: cool new airplanes. Welcome to the New F2 “Wait,” you exclaim! “F2 isn’t new.” Excellent, you’ve been keeping up. What you don’t know is that Flight Design’s latest and greatest just earned FAA...
by Roy Beisswenger | Jul 7, 2021 | Easy Flight, Powered Sport Flying magazine, Splog
A most worrisome thing happened recently and it definitely fired up journalists in cyberspace. FAA’s Orlando Flight Standards District Office took an organization called Warbird Adventures to court because they were charging students receiving instruction in a Curtiss...
