General Aviation Aircraft

Remos G-3 LSA Base price: $89,500 Engine make/model: Rotax 912 ULS Horsepower@rpm: 100@5,800 TBO hrs.: 1500 Fuel type: 100/100LL & auto Propeller type/diameter: Tri./Fixed Max ramp weight (lbs.): 1320 Gross weight (lbs.): 1320 Landing weight (lbs.): 1320 Empty weight, std. (lbs.): 625 Useful load, std. (lbs.): 695 Payload, full std. fuel (lbs.): 578 Useful fuel, […]

My old friend Malcolm Jones* and Carlos Bessa will unveil a lovely amphibian LSA called SeaMax at the Sebring LSA Expo starting tomorrow. SeaMax by Brazilian producer AirMax intends to achieve Special Light-Sport Aircraft status but it has been cutting through waves in other countries for several years. SeaMax is a lighter amphibian, with gross […]

Worth Every Penny

2006 Piper Saratoga II TC Base price: $572,400 Engine make/model: Lycoming TIO-540-AH1A TBO (hrs.): 2000 Horsepower@altitude: 300@16,000 ft. Horsepower on takeoff: 300 Fuel type: 100/100LL Propeller type: Constant speed Landing gear type: Tri./Retr. Max ramp weight (lbs.): 3615 Gross weight (lbs.): 3600 Empty weight, std. (lbs.): 2481 Useful load, std. (lbs.): 1134 Useful fuel, std. […]

2006 Flight Design CT Base price: $92,900 Engine make/model: Rotax912S Horsepower@altitude: 100@SL Horsepower for takeoff: 100 TBO hrs.: 1500 Fuel type: 100/100LL Propeller type/diameter: Neuform FP Landing gear type: Tri./Fixed Max ramp weight (lbs.): 1320 Gross weight (lbs.): 1320 Landing weight (lbs.): 1320 Empty weight, std. (lbs.): 646 Useful load, std. (lbs.): 674 Useful fuel, […]

Navigating cross-country with a glass panel

The count of Special Light Sport Aircraft rose another notch, to 18 certified models, with the addition on November 4th of the Italian Sky Arrow design built by Iniziative Industriali Italiane, or simply 3I. Hansen Air Group boss, Jon Hansen — well known for his promotion of the also-Italian Tecnam aircraft — reported the news […]

Flight schools are oohing and aahing over Diamond’s sleek two-seaters

Given the way that prices on just about everything keep going up, it’s hard to believe there really is such a thing as an “undervalued” airplane. But such a thing does exist, especially when you look back at the older classics.

 

 

 

Power Flow’s tuned exhaust system works