Affordable Aviation

One of the early success stories in Light-Sport aviation was the Allegro. The #3 Special LSA to be approved started out so strong that even after three years of no sales following the collapse of the Czech Fantasy Air company, Allegro still holds the #14 spot on the SLSA Market Share chart. When Fantasy Air […]

Catching up on some particulars with Randall Fishman of ElectraFlyer after our chat at Sun n Fun, he told me he’s selling his prototype C model for $49,000. Here’s what he had to say about it and other aspects of his electric powered aircraft pioneering efforts: “We have sold trikes since 2007. Most of our […]

Hard on the heels of their prototype LSA Tour after Sebring last January and the recent Sun ‘n Fun 2011 in Lakeland, Florida, the 2011 Georgia LSA Tour gang is at it again. *** Three makes of Cubalikes alone will be there, as well as the other LSA you see in the nearby mailer. *** […]

After the disastrous tornadic storm that blew through the area last Thursday, Lakeland was blessed with warm, then hot, picture book Florida weather and good crowds, right up through final day Sunday, as the fabulous Blue Angels, a stunning demo by the Air Force F22 Raptor, Patty Wagstaff’s always-incredible acro routine, and the Aeroshell T-6 […]

I was just leaving So. Lakeland AirPark (X49) today, bemoaning the lack of activity down there — LSA dealers used to bring their aircraft down there for demos but not many people seem to do that the last couple years, and I don’t know why. *** That’s a shame because it’s a long grass strip […]

Not long after the windstorm, I shot these videos. *** There were other sections on the field I didn’t get to that had more airplanes flipped, including, sad to say, a couple beautiful J3 Cubs. I hope the Grand Champion hopeful I videoed yesterday wasn’t one of them…but everybody loses when this many airplanes are […]

Well, Day One for me anyway; the show started yesterday but I was still stranded in Alabama by soggy and intractable weather with a couple Dakota Cubs.We made it into Plant City at about 5:30 last night after squeaking under some very low ceilings, then running east once we hit the Gulf Coast. *** A […]

SUN ‘n FUN 2011 kicks off, even as scores of planes — yours truly included — remain scattered around at airports up to hundreds of miles away, trying to beat the storm system that’s prevented them from making it to Lakeland, FL so far. *** The big airshow’s big boss, John Burton, promises an impressive […]

Sun ‘n Fun 2011 kicks off, even as scores of planes — yours truly included — remain scattered around at airports up to hundreds of miles away, trying to beat the storm system that’s prevented them from making it to Lakeland, Florida so far. *** The big airshow’s big boss, John Burton, promises an impressive […]

Half way to Sun ‘n Fun, thumb typing on my iPhone, we’re sitting in the same place we’ve been in — the comfy lounge at friendly FBO, Sparta Aero Services — since 8 this morning. *** It’s 3:30 now. *** Allow me one small comic book growl of anguish: aarghh. *** Thanks, that feels better. […]