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Profiles In Vision: Larry Burke
Engineering whiz, airplane lover, LSA rule maker…founding father
Arion Lightning LS-1
Arion Lightning LS-1 Base price: $93,900 Engine make/model: 6-cylinder Jabiru 3300 Horsepower: 120@SL Gross weight (lbs.): 1320 Empty weight, std. (lbs.): 825 Useful load (lbs.): 495 Fuel capacity (gals.): 22 (30 optional) Payload, full fuel (lbs.): 357 Wingspan (ft.): 30 Overall length (ft.): 20 Overall height: 6 ft. 6 in. Wing area (sq. ft.): 103 […]
Enter the PiperSport!
Piper Aircraft’s Prez/CEO Kevin J. Gould made it official today at Sebring: the company has entered into a new, worldwide-exclusive distributor licensing agreement with Czech Sport Aircraft that will bring the SportCruiser to market – by April! – under the new name PiperSport. *** As I reported yesterday, Piper did not buy into the company […]
Getting Into the PiperSport LSA
What a way to start the year. Piper called a press conference at Sebring and like no other I’ve seen after attending all six Expo events, the media turned out in droves. On opening day the legacy brand unveiled their LSA entry at Sebring 2010 (it was also their first exhibitor appearance). Camera clicked constantly, […]
Going Multimedia (Reluctantly at First)
Lots of other aviation news organizations embraced multimedia before ByDanJohnson.com did. We figured online was already quite lively with hyperlinks and true interactivity as represented by our exclusive PlaneFinder 2.0 feature. *** About a year ago, of UltralightNews approached me with an idea to do brief reviews of LSA. I accepted his invitation and today […]
