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VFR Communications DVD (Sporty’s, 2006, ID# D993A). Designed to help pilots converse competently with radio control, this DVD allows viewers to “ride along” on three flight scenarios (in a Piper Pacer, a glass-panel Cirrus and a Cessna 210) to experience the full range of communication skills required for every type of flight in VFR airspace. […]

2007 Cirrus SR22 Turbo Base price: $544,295 Engine make/model: TCM IO-550N TBO (hrs.): 2000 Horsepower@altitude: 310@SL Fuel type: 100LL Propeller type: Hartzell ACSII/3-blade Landing gear type: Fixed/Tri. Max ramp weight (lbs): 3400 Gross weight (lbs.): 3400 Landing weight (lbs.): 3400 Empty weight, std. (lbs.): 2418 Useful load, std. (lbs.): 982 Useful fuel (gals.): 81 Wingspan: […]

2007 Evektor SportStar Base price: $104,950 Typically equipped price: $113,000 Engine make/model: Rotax 912ULS Horsepower@altitude: 100@SL TBO hrs.: 1500 Fuel type: 100/100LL (car gas) Propeller type/diameter: FP/two-blade/three-blade Landing gear type: Tri./Fixed Max ramp weight (lbs.): 1212 Gross weight (lbs.): 1212 Landing weight (lbs.): 1212 Empty weight, std. (lbs.): 668 Useful load, std. (lbs.): 544 Useful […]

Talk about your transatlantic jet set…a number of exhibitors attended the first few days of Sun ‘n Fun and then blasted off for the south of Germany, to Aero — an every-other-year airshow that has become a focus for light-sport airplanes. EAA Sport Pilot editor, Mary Jones posted news including, “To the delight of most […]

At the second EAA Sport Pilot Tour SportAir USA and their local rep, Wicks Aircraft, brough a pair of their sharp Sting aircraft. Also known as the Carbon Sting or StingSport, the handsome low wing comes from the fifth of six companies to earn their Special-Light Sport Aircraft certificate. An estimated 300+ visitors got to […]

Season-opening Sun ‘n Fun is crackling with excitement, enough so to make SPLOG posting a late-night effort. What a pleasure it is to be here, compared to my miss last year; thanks to many who welcomed me back! I’ve been working with Sun ‘n Fun boss John Burton regarding Light-Sport Aircraft and ultralights. John and […]

An old friend with a bigger engine

Sport-pilot certificates are an invitation to fly

Continuing a flight with a known problem may be possible, but is it wise?

Wingmen: Two Friends, Four Wars, Flying And Fighting Through The 20th Century by Peter J. Wurtz & William R. Yoakley (BookSurge, 2006, ISBN: 1419649329). Two wingmen, or military flyers who watch out for each other in combat, document a friendship that spans more than 60 years and through four wars—World War II, the Korean War, […]