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Saved by the BRS parachute

ICON Aircraft is collaborating closely with Lotus Engineering USA on key areas of the production design of the ICON A5 amphibious light-sport aircraft.

Highly refined, impeccably built and what a delight to turn loose on the sky

Rans S-7LS Courier Wing span (ft.): 29.25 Wing area (sq. ft.): 147.1 Cabin width (inches): 30 Fuel capacity (gals.): 26 Engine: 100 hp Rotax 912ULS Max takeoff weight (lbs.): 1320 Empty weight as flown (lbs.): 732 Useful load (lbs.): 558 Baggage volume (cu. ft.): 10 Baggage capacity (lbs.): 50 PERFORMANCE Rate of climb (fpm): 850 […]

Some affordable enhancements can give new life to any aircraft

Transplant a 450 SHP Rolls-Royce turbine onto a stock 206 and, voilá, you have a super Cessna

We need to take care of ourselves in order to be pilot in command

They only die when we let them

The birds were using the sky long before we pilots were

Parsing the whys and wherefores of a successful airframe parachute deployment…over water!