WALHALLA, SC – Just Aircraft has added a new ultralight aircraft design to its growing list of flying machines. Just 103 was created to conform to the FAA’s Part 103 criteria for an ultralight. The single seat aircraft weighs less than 254 pounds and flies with a top speed of 63 mph. The Just 103 […]
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Sonaca 200 unveiled at Aero Friedrichshafen
Sonaca Aircraft unveiled the Sonaca 200, its new two-seat single-engined aircraft, at Aero Friedrichshafen, the European general aviation show, April 18-21, 2018. The Sonaca 200 has completed its flight test program and is about to be EASA certified in the CS-VLA category, according to company officials. The certification program began in 2015, company officials note. […]
First Flight: Sun Flyer 2
DENVER, Colorado – The prototype Sun Flyer 2 aircraft had its first flight April 10, 2018. The prototype aircraft flight test program, which began in late March, is being conducted at Centennial Airport (KAPA), south of Denver, Colorado, and is now progressing to increased speed, altitude and endurance capabilities, according to officials with Bye Aerospace, […]
Tecnam sells six P2008s to International Aero Academy
Tecnam and Lakeland Linder’s International Aero Academy announced on opening day of SUN ’n FUN an aircraft purchase agreement for an initial six P2008 aircraft with the first delivery scheduled in the sec0nd quarter of 2018. IAA is an FAA-certificated ab initio and accelerated flight academy with authority to issue foreign student visas for training. […]
Rotorvox C2A to make US debut at SUN ‘n FUN 2018
Rotorvox Aero will display the Rotorvox C2A for the first time in the United States next week at SUN ‘n FUN, which runs from April 10-15. The C2A is an all-carbon monocoque gyroplane developed and produced in Germany by Rotorvox Lift Air GmbH, a division of LIFT Air in Eisenach, Germany. Powered by the Rotax […]
Hangar evokes Captain America
With a decorative star and patriotic blue front, you might think this hangar home is owned by Captain America. But it is actually owned by Jim Weitman of Weitman Excavation in Sherwood, Ore., along with his wife Star, who live on a private grass airstrip just outside of North Plains, Ore. The couple say flying brings […]
EPS joins forces with Bye Aerospace on Sun Flyer
Electric Power Systems (EPS) is collaborating on the new Sun Flyer all electric trainer with Bye Aerospace. The company will design and build the energy storage system for the aircraft, including battery modules, battery management unit, and power distribution unit for its flight demonstrator scheduled for first flight tests in the first or second quarter […]
Take a ride in a movie star
The B-17 “The Memphis Belle” which had the title role in a movie focusing on World War II aviators in England, is offering rides under the FAA’s new “Living History Flight Experience Program.” The aircraft, which will be flying out of Warbird Adventures at Kissimmee Gateway Airport (KISM) in Florida during the spring, was restored by […]
Ranger R7 introduced
Vashon Aircraft has introduced the Ranger R7. Vashon Aircraft is the newest aircraft manufacturer in the aviation center of Seattle, Washington, where they design and build the US-made Ranger R7 aircraft. According to company officials, the Ranger, designed by Pacific Northwest aeronautical engineer Ken Krueger, is a two-seat aircraft perfect for “$39 burgers” ($100 burgers […]