Pilot Reports

You might say it’s Sirius when TL-3000 takes to the air for the first time. Kidding aside, the new model’s U.S. importer is seriously happy about their composite high wing making its initial flight. Czech producer TL-Ultralight makes the sleek low-wing StingSport that SportairUSA has been selling since the first SLSA lifted into American skies. […]

Despite an economic slowdown shared by all of aviation, the LSA industry is rich with entrepreneurs. Innovative new designs hit the market regularly. Consider this: In just over three years, the industry has certified an astounding 81 aircraft designs and several more are on the horizon. One hundred certified LSA might be available by 2009, […]

The basic design may be 40 years old, but the 2008 Baron G58 flies with a newborn’s enthusiasm and

The Diamond DA20 brings fun and enthusiasm to flight training

One glance at almost any view of the Icon A5 will tell you this isn’t like any Light-Sport Aircraft you’ve ever seen. Oh, the Nexaer was shapely and showed innovative thinking. And certainly, we have many fine LSA on the market. Yet nothing I’ve seen compares to the Wow! factor that comes when your eyes […]

Though the Stinsons of the late ’40s weren’t designed as floatplanes, they adapt to water as if born for it

New owner, same plane, but with more bang for the buck

Socata’s TBM 850 offers performance only slightly below that of some VLJs’€”at 30% less operating cost

Big and chunky looking, the surprisingly agile texan redefined the role of the advanced trainer

A venerable bush plane turns visionary