by Dan Johnson | Feb 26, 2024 | LAMA - Light Aircraft Mfrs. Assoc., MC01, Montaer Aircraft USA, Splog, SUN 'n FUN, US Sport Planes
To start off your new workweek, here are fresh light aviation news bits from last week. Not all aviation news items justify a whole article but that doesn’t mean these accomplishments should be ignored. Here are three such items. Each exerts an influence on the future...
by Scott Severen | Jan 10, 2024 | Hexa, Lift Aircraft, Multicopter, Splog, US Sport Planes
Ready or not, new flying machines are headed our way. Correction, they are already here and a wave of similar entries could follow (see earlier reports). The earliest market-ready arrivals qualify under FAR Part 103. I believe this website needs to report these...
by Dan Johnson | Sep 12, 2023 | J230-D, Jabiru Australia, Splog, US Sport Planes
At Midwest LSA Expo on Day Three, I interviewed two leading sellers in the LSA or Sport Pilot kit space, one imported model and one U.S. brand. They represent different approaches to the business yet each has been successful, one for 35 years and one for 40 years....
by Dan Johnson | Aug 29, 2023 | Aero Adventure, Inc., Jabiru Australia, Splog, The Aviator Family, US Sport Planes, Zenith Aircraft Co.
When AirVenture Oshkosh ends, you can almost hear a national sigh as if to denote the flying season is over. EAA’s magnificent summer celebration of flight leads to Labor Day and into fall. Fun flying in northern climates might begin to slow but in the southern half...
by Dan Johnson | Feb 16, 2023 | Bristell Aircraft (USA), BRM Aero, s.r.o., J230-SP, Montaer Aeronaves (Brazil), Sonex Aircraft LLC, Splog, The Airplane Factory, The Airplane Factory USA, US Sport Planes, Van's Aircraft, Inc.
Darkest before dawn? I hear growing concern about FAA’s new Mosaic regulation and what it will or won’t do. An increasing number of comments I hear are variations of these words — “FAA is never going to get this done, and if they do, it will be a crappy rule.” Why so...
by Dan Johnson | Dec 5, 2022 | BRP-Powertrain (Rotax Aircraft Engines), Continental Aerospace Technology, J230-D, Jabiru Australia, Splog, US Sport Planes
When I was a kid, I was a New York Yankees baseball fan. Why? I’d never been to New York; I lived in the midwest. I loved the baseball team because they won a lot. The saying way back then was, “The American League battle isn’t to determine who wins, but which team...
