by Dan Johnson | Apr 24, 2021 | Aviator Paramotor (PPG), Excalibur Aircraft, Splog, Texas Aircraft Manufacturing, U-Fly-It, UL Power Engines North America
Everyone has returned home from the first major airshow in too long (other than the wonderful sector-specific event called Midwest LSA Expo). Well… everyone went home except a substantial group of volunteers who stick around for days or even weeks afterward to clean...
by Dan Johnson | Apr 21, 2021 | Aviator Paramotor (PPG), Excalibur Aircraft, Splog, Texas Aircraft Manufacturing, U-Fly-It, UL Power Engines North America
Everyone has returned home from the first major airshow in too long (other than the wonderful sector-specific event called Midwest LSA Expo). Well… everyone went home except a substantial group of volunteers who stick around for days or even weeks afterward to clean...
by Dan Johnson | Apr 17, 2021 | BRP-Powertrain (Rotax Aircraft Engines), Splog, T51-Mustang, Titan Aircraft Company, Tornado, Tornado II
Usually, aviation journalists attending airshows seek the latest and greatest in aircraft. We love to find aircraft our readers have never seen and I’ve reported some of those in recent days. Today, however, I’m going to step back in time to an aircraft model series I...
by Dan Johnson | Apr 15, 2021 | BRP-Powertrain (Rotax Aircraft Engines), JMB Aircraft s.r.o., Splog, Tarragon (Pelegrin Ltd.)
Think about this: A Rotax-powered aircraft capable of high-speed cruising at 185 miles an hour? That’s pretty fast and some go quite a bit faster …although not in the USA, as Light-Sport Aircraft …not yet anyway. Most readers are aware that FAA will make big changes...
by Dan Johnson | Apr 14, 2021 | Aerolite 103, Magnum Parachutes, Splog, U-Fly-It
For years I’ve said that of all aircraft to succeed with battery electric flight, the first truly usable, enjoyable aircraft would be a Part 103 ultralight. I’ll list several reasons below but the aircraft you see in these images is already flying with electric...
by Dan Johnson | Apr 13, 2021 | Airtime Aviation, Inc. (Fly CT), Colt 100, CTsw, F2, Flight Design GmbH, J230-D, Jabiru USA (North America), Progressive Aerodyne, SeaRey LSA, Splog, Texas Aircraft Manufacturing
Pilots heading to Sun ‘n Fun 2021 had no real idea what to expect. As evening approached on Sunday set-up day, a big black storm cloud rolled over Sun ‘n Fun’s Lakeland Airport campus, blowing guard shacks and plastic bathrooms around like pieces of paper. An omen?...
