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Sport Aircraft Works, which imports Czech Aircraft Works’ S-LSA aircraft, including the Mermaid amphibian, the Parrot and the SportCruiser, now offers a training package to customers. New owners are eligible to receive 20 hours of flight training in their own airplanes, meeting the minimum requirements for the Sport Pilot license.Training is offered at the company’s […]

CubCrafters reached a milestone last month with first customer deliveries of its Sport Cub. Production of the LSA at the company’s facility at Yakima Air Terminal/McAllister Field Airport (YKM) in Yakima, Wash., is expected to accelerate to one per week over the next four to six weeks and on to two per week near the […]

The first-ever Aviation Education Expo, sponsored by Avemco and Frederick Aviation in Frederick, Maryland, kicks off Oct. 3. Keynote speaker will be Jamail Larkins, an Embry-Riddle student who is on his third “DreamLaunch” tour in which he travels to cities across the United States, speaking to high school students about achieving their dreams, as well […]

The FAA granted type certification to Cessna’s Citation Mustang Sept. 8, making it the world’s first fully certified, very light jet (VLJ). “This is an immense achievement, marking another point in history where Cessna has led the aviation industry into new territory,” said Cessna Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Jack Pelton. The pioneering Eclipse […]

Focus, instead, is on educational opportunities The Virginia Regional EAA Fly-in and Expo celebrates its 10th anniversary Sept. 30 and Oct. 1. Plans are to focus on educational activities, said organizer DeWitt Whittington. “To that end, Dinwiddie County Airport (PTB) at Petersburg, Virginia, will be open all day both days. There will be no afternoon […]

World War I flying saga gets thumbs up from Bob Hoover Pilots, as a rule, tend to be especially critical of Hollywood’s depiction of aviation. So imagine the delight of the actors and the director of “Flyboys,” a new movie about the Lafayette Escadrille, when living legend Bob Hoover praised the film after its debut […]

U.S. Senator James M. Inhofe (R-Okla.), a long-time general aviation pilot, said in an interview at EAA AirVenture that the FAA “must justify continuance of the Washington, D.C., ADIZ” before his Environment and Public Works Committee will reauthorize it. Inhofe called a Sept. 12 meeting which top FAA, Defense Department, Department of Homeland Security and […]

There are certain books that every pilot should own, read and treasure. Some are fiction, some fact, some seem to be a bit of both, but all are worth reading again and again. Most of us have favorite books on our favorite subjects. This list includes some of mine, along with reasons why I like […]

One of the best parts of AirVenture is when seasoned pilots are reunited with their former aircraft. For Roy J. Griesbach of Appleton, Wis., that reunion took the form of a ride in the EAA’s B-17 “Alumnium Overcast.” During World War II Griesbach was a member of the 91st bomb group and flew a B-17 […]