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A rural Nebraska town gets an unexpected visit from the Texas Flying Legends

The go-up-faster competition in Light-Sport aviation just got more boisterous. SportairUSA loves their S-planes and they just announced a new one: Cub-S. Why do I call them the S-planes people? How about this? They sell the Sting, Sirius, Savage, Snap, and now Cub-S with the Titan Stroker IO-340 engine producing a whopping 180 horsepower. The […]

Fact #1: EAA ArVenture Oshkosh is coming in mere days. Fact #2: In the world of politics (and for that matter in corporate communications), you announce good news to big crowds or at the beginning of the week and you bury bad news on a Friday afternoon when maybe no one is listening hoping they’ll […]

Snap! Crackle! Pop! It’s not just for breakfast anymore. Among the vast array of light aircraft I am only aware of a few other single seat models … Here’s a U.S. example (video) and here’s some European single seaters. None of these has yet gone through the process to become Special LSA but that might […]

Tecnam P2008 Powerplant: 100-hp four-cylinder Rotax 912ULS2/S2 Propeller: Fixed-pitch GT Tonini Wingspan (ft.): 28.9 Length (ft.): 22.7 Seating Capacity: Two Max. Takeoff Weight (lbs.): 1,320 Empty Weight (lbs.): 780 Fuel Capacity (gals.): 24.3 Standard Useful Load (lbs.): 540 Rate of Climb, Sea Level (fpm): 900 Service Ceiling (ft.): 14,000 PERFORMANCE Max Speed (kts.): 120, full […]

The Tecnam P2008: an LSA delivered with a big envelope

Living the dreams that aviation makes possible

Use of prescription and over-the-counter medications can be problematic for pilots

One Yank’s take on Europe’s premier aircraft show…and why we should care

Are you safe to fly?