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STANDARD DATA: Gross wt. 456. Empty wt. 306. Fuel capacity 5. Wingspan 23’9″. Length 15’9″. PERFORMANCE: Top mph 95. Cruise mph 85. Stall mph 34. Climb rate 600. Takeoff run 195. Landing roll 150. Range 200. Few homebuilts weigh less than this VW-powered mid-wing model. The Troyer Sportplane weighs only 306 pounds empty. Oddly enough, […]
If you’ve checked into Facebook since January you may know that PiperSport has its own page that you can become a fan of (I am, along with 9,200 others so far!) *** What you probably don’t know is there’s a fascinating video interview that chronicles why and how Piper decided to add social media such […]
A born trainer, this spacious, docile workhorse flies like Wichita tin
Flight Design MC Base Price: $98,993 Engine make/model: Rotax 912ULS Horsepower: 100 Max takeoff weight (lbs.): 1320 Empty weight std. (lbs.): 795 Useful load (lbs.): 525 Wing tank capacity (gals.): 26.4 Wingspan (ft.): 31 ft. 2.4 in. Wing area (sq. ft.): 121.6 Cabin width (in.): 51.6 PERFORMANCE Vne (kts.): 135 Vso (kts.): 38 Cruise speed […]
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Not a company to rest on their laurels, TL Ultralight — represented in America since the beginning of LSA by Sportair USA — debuted their Sting S4 at the German Aero show in April. Besides developing an all-new high-wing design (the TL-3000 Sirius …photo inset) — the S4 is the newest generation of the Czech […]
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