The number of imported LSAs is growing. As this issue was going to press, the Toxo, built by Composite Aeronautic Group (CAG) of Spain, was quickly approaching U.S. certification. The low-wing aircraft made its first appearance in this country in April at Sun ’n Fun in Lakeland, Fla., and by AirVenture in July was getting […]
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The next big thing in LSA: Go Big Or Stay Home
You can add another acronym to the world of Light Sport Aircraft: Gobosh. It means “Go Big Or Stay Home” and is both the name and the attitude of Gobosh Aviation, a company that has entered virtually every facet of LSA from imports and distribution to training and financing. “We’re a new company in the […]
A cure for traffic jams
Would you rather have a Cessna 172 orbiting above you or be parked in traffic on the interstate for several hours while law enforcement officers investigate an accident? The Wisconsin State Patrol has a pretty good idea what the answer is. The agency uses a 2001 Cessna 172SP for, among other things, accident investigation. According […]
Fly like an eagle: Eagle Aviation debuts EA-100 six months after company founded
Do you think you could take a business idea from concept to the display ground at AirVenture within a year? That’s just what the folks at Eagle Aviation LLC did. It helped that the company is based in Oshkosh, noted Paul Klomhaus, owner. “The company has only been in business for six months now,” he […]
Would you like mustard with that?
Each Saturday, Sporty’s Pilot Shop at Clermont County/Sporty’s Airport (I69) in Batavia, Ohio, welcomes visitors with a cookout. Guests are invited to chow down on hot dogs and do a little shopping. Since they started serving up the dogs in 1992, they’ve fed a lot of hungry aviators. How many you ask? Earlier this summer, […]
His claim to fame: From movies to Charles Lindbergh, Alan Hoeweler’s 1927 Waco is ‘pretty famous’
Even if Alan Hoeweler of Cincinnati, Ohio, hadn’t had his 1927 Waco taperwing on display as part of the National Aviation Hall of Fame’s “Best of the Best” contest at AirVenture, the airplane would have gotten a lot of attention from the air show crowds. The first-ever Best of the Best competition featured five vintage, […]
the buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
“We’re still wrecking airplanes pretty much the same as we always did, we’re just more creative in the information that we ignore.” — Avemco Insurance Co.’s Jim Lauerman “We’ve watched people drool over new aircraft, then hear a big sigh, followed by ‘If only I could afford it…’” — Andrew DeMond, president of iFly, a […]
Third time the charm? Symphony to get new owner next month, but who?
A new owner for Symphony Aircraft, which filed for bankruptcy last year, is expected to take over operations next month. But the big question is who? A bid for the company, which has been in liquidation for the past year, was made earlier this year by a Canadian firm. If all goes well, that firm […]
Nationwide ADS-B contract awarded: System expected to be operational by 2010
A team led by ITT Corp. is the winner of a contract to develop the Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) system nationwide. ADS-B, dubbed the future of air traffic control by FAA officials, is expected to enhance safety by using signals from the Global Navigation Satellite System to pinpoint air traffic. “This signals a new era […]