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Atlanta Sport Flight to add Alto LSA to line

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Atlanta Sport Flight, located at Atlanta’s Fulton County Field (FTY) will soon take delivery of an Alto LSA. The Alto LSA is distributed in the U.S. by Salem, Ohio-based CorbiAir. This delivery represents the first to a flight school.

GA in China

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Ben Sclair is publisher of General Aviation News I signed General Aviation News on as a media sponsor of the General Aviation Asia 2011 conference to take place in Shanghai, China, in April. The sponsorship consists of running a few news releases and some post-conference coverage on our website. However, when looking through the conference […]

Supply and demand

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Ben Sclair is publisher of General Aviation News. Would you fly more if fuel cost less? I bet you would. What do you think the general aviation marketplace would look like in five years if a majority of the GA fleet could enjoy a 30% reduction in their per gallon fuel bill? Oh, if only […]

Recreational student pilot solos at Sporty’s

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Ken Marshall soloed on January 9, 2011 on his way to earning a Recreational pilot certificate at Sporty’s Academy at Clermont County Airport in Batavia, Ohio. Anyone interested in more information about learning to fly may visit www.sportysacademy.com or call Sporty’s Academy at 513.735.9500.

GA Avgas Coalition mischaracterized in blog post

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By Chris Dancy, Media Relations Director, AOPA A recent GAfuels blog post in General Aviation News mischaracterized the position of several GA Avgas Coalition members with regard to automotive gasoline, or mogas. The aviation members of the GA Avgas Coalition have never been opposed to having mogas available as an alternative to aircraft owners and […]

Now that’s a cross country

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Paul Leadabrand, owner of the Boise, Idaho-based Stick & Rudder Aviation, is flying a factory-built Kitfox S-LSA to the Jan. 20-23 U.S. Sport Aviation Expo in Sebring, Florida. The 2,100-mile flight will be flown VFR, of course, using only a Dynon SkyView and an iPad for navigation. Paul says, “since I will have come all […]