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Neiman Marcus: “Icon A5 Is Top Gift!”

Right in line with Icon’s high-viz marketing push for its A5 amphib LSA comes the announcement that iconic big-ticket shopping purveyor Nieman Marcus has the futuristic waterplane as the number one (and priciest) fantasy gift in its 2009 Christmas Book. *** The Icon is currently in extensive flight testing at Tehachapi, Ca, one of the […]

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In A Sling – And Happy!

The more I look into the story about those two wild and crazy South African dudes (post below) who flew around the world in the LSA of their own design and manufacture, the more interesting it gets. *** Just heard back from James Pitman who offered this: *** “We’re just getting into production at this […]

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Around The World In 40 LSA Days

Last July I ran an item on the grand LSA adventure of two South Afrikaaners, James Pitman and Mike Blyth, who set out to fly around the world — in an LSA! *** Happy to report the boys finished the epic flight, all 45,150 km (27,090 miles) with a stop at EAA Airventure 2009 to […]

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Diamond D-Jet

Diamond D-Jet Price: $1.89 million Engine make/model: Williams FJ33-5A-19 turbofan Max ramp weight (lbs) 5690 Useful load (lbs.): 2240 Max fuel (lbs.): 1740 Cabin altitude (ft.): 8000@FL250 Pressurization (psi): 5.5 Wingspan: 37 ft. 6 in. Overall length: 35 ft. 1 in. Overall height: 11 ft. 7 in. Seating capacity: 2+3 PERFORMANCE Max cruise speed (KTAS): […]

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