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STANDARD DATA: Gross wt. 2,000. Empty wt. 1,035. Fuel capacity 55. Engine 205-hp IO-36-B1A Lycoming. PERFORMANCE: Top mph 250. Cruise mph 220. Initial climb rate 2,000. Ceiling 29,500. Range 1,228. Takeoff distance 1,000. Landing distance 1,000. Since Burt Rutan made the advantages of a canard design configuration so apparent with his line of composite aircraft, […]

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[UPDATE: 1/13/09 at 1 PM Eastern — Following reports by AOPA Online, Flight International’s Flight Global, and Jim Lawrence below… Piper stated that — contrary to reports in Czech newspapers and radio — they have not signed an agreement with Czech Sport Aircraft. Thus reports about the amount allegedly invested much less forecasts of building […]

Just talked with CubCrafter’s PR head Jon Bliss to check out the haps on the left coast – Yakima, WA to be exact – with the company’s Super SportCub and other Cubalike models. *** “We’re doing as well as we’ve done in a long time,” says Jon. “We’ve even got a backlog of orders.” *** […]

Right in line with Icon’s high-viz marketing push for its A5 amphib LSA comes the announcement that iconic big-ticket shopping purveyor Nieman Marcus has the futuristic waterplane as the number one (and priciest) fantasy gift in its 2009 Christmas Book. *** The Icon is currently in extensive flight testing at Tehachapi, Ca, one of the […]

The more I look into the story about those two wild and crazy South African dudes (post below) who flew around the world in the LSA of their own design and manufacture, the more interesting it gets. *** Just heard back from James Pitman who offered this: *** “We’re just getting into production at this […]

Last July I ran an item on the grand LSA adventure of two South Afrikaaners, James Pitman and Mike Blyth, who set out to fly around the world — in an LSA! *** Happy to report the boys finished the epic flight, all 45,150 km (27,090 miles) with a stop at EAA Airventure 2009 to […]

I want one. And if you’re thinking about stepping up to your first jet in the next few years, you will, too, once you fly it.

Diamond D-Jet Price: $1.89 million Engine make/model: Williams FJ33-5A-19 turbofan Max ramp weight (lbs) 5690 Useful load (lbs.): 2240 Max fuel (lbs.): 1740 Cabin altitude (ft.): 8000@FL250 Pressurization (psi): 5.5 Wingspan: 37 ft. 6 in. Overall length: 35 ft. 1 in. Overall height: 11 ft. 7 in. Seating capacity: 2+3 PERFORMANCE Max cruise speed (KTAS): […]