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STANDARD DATA: (100-hp version) Gross wt. 1,300. Empty wt. 700. Fuel capacity 25. Wingspan 22’6″. Length 19’3″. Engine 80-, 90-, and 100-hp Continental, or 100- to 135-hp Lycoming. PERFORMANCE: (100-hp version) Top mph 165. Cruise mph 150. Stall mph 55. Climb rate 900. Ceiling 16,000+. Takeoff run 800. Landing roll 600. Range 600+. Aviation legend […]

STANDARD DATA: Gross wt. 700. Empty wt. 430. Fuel capacity 10. Wingspan 166″. Length 182″. PERFORMANCE: Top mph 170. Cruise mph 150. Stall mph 48. Climb rate 1,000. Takeoff run 800. Range 400. The real bomb in the Formula VEE circuit is Steve Wittman’s Witt’s V. The amazing thing about this racing ship is its […]

STANDARD DATA: Gross wt. 960. Empty wt. 630. Fuel capacity 15. Wingspan 22′. Length 19’6″. Engine 100-hp Continental. PERFORMANCE: Top mph 125. Cruise mph 110. Stall mph 48. Climb rate 820. Takeoff run (50′) 1,000. Landing run (50′) 1,000. Range 400. The Mono-Z is a single-place scaled-down version of the original Zenith. It offers maximum […]

STANDARD DATA: Gross wt. 1,850. Empty wt. 1,100. Fuel capacity 34. Wingspan 26’6″. Length 21’6″. Engine 150 hp. PERFORMANCE: Top mph 160. Cruise mph 143. Stall mph 53. Climb rate 1,000. Takeoff run (50′) 1,400. Landing run (50′) 1,400. Range 530. The natural step up from the Zenith is this threepassenger version. Designed primarily to […]

STANDARD DATA: Gross wt. 1,500. Empty wt. 930. Fuel capacity 24. Wingspan 23′. Length 20’6″. Engine 125 hp. PERFORMANCE: Top mph 151. Cruise mph 141. Stall mph 54. Climb rate 1,100. Takeoff run (50′) 1,400. Landing run (50′) 1,400. Range 450. The French-born designer Chris Heintz graduated from E.T.H. (engineering institute) in Zurich, Switzerland, worked […]

CH 701 CH 801 STANDARD DATA: STOL CH 701 Seats 2. Gross wt. 1,100. Empty wt. 580. Fuel capacity 30-60. Engine 100-hp. Rotax 912S. PERFORMANCE: Top mph 95. Cruise mph 85. Stall mph 34. Climb rate 1,200. Ceiling 15,000+. Takeoff run 50. Landing run 80. Range 350. STANDARD DATA: STOL CH 801 Seats 4. Gross […]

Zodiak 601 STANDARD DATA: ZODIAK 601XL Gross wt. 1,300. Empty wt. 800. Fuel capacity 24. Engine 116-hp Lycoming 0-235. PERFORMANCE: Top mph 138. Cruise mph 141. Stall mph 44. Climb rate 930 fpm. Takeoff run 500′. Landing run 500′. Range 575 sm. STANDARD DATA: ZODIAK 640 Gross wt. 2,200. Empty wt. 1,147. Fuel capacity 38-46. […]

If you want to have a rocking good time without ever leaving your seat, check out this video clip of an upcoming film titled, “No Second Chances.” Billed as “an Alaskan bush adventure on steroids” if this teaser is any indication, ho shee mama, this ought to be some flick!    *** The bigger news, […]

SportairUSA, run by proprietor Bill Canino, has long been an innovator in the LSA business. His company doesn’t build Light-Sport airplanes but Bill has triggered several interesting add-ons: he was one of the first (along with Flight Design USA) to install parachutes on all StingSports; he developed the GreenLine engine monitor system, he offered the […]

The Diamond Twin Star now has its own Austro AE300 turbo diesel engines