Rich Karlgaard, publisher of Forbes, and longtime pilot, posted some interesting thoughts regarding Cessna’s VLJ, Embraer’s Phenom 100 and capitalism (it is Forbes after all).
Aircraft
Cheetah XLS newest SLSA
The Cheetah XLS has received its Special-Light Sport Aircraft certification. Midwest Sport Aviation, LLC has been designated as the U.S. assembly center and distributor for the Cheetah XLS by Rainbow Aircraft (Pty) Ltd. of South Africa. The Cheetah XLS is a high-wing tube and fabric aircraft. It is available Ready to Fly at prices beginning […]
IT trade magazine spotlights GA use
Dan Nesmith is an independent software vendor from Bend, Oregon. He employ’s seven technicians with pilot’s certificates and uses four general aviation aircraft to sell and serve customers across the United States. Read the entire story from the IT industry trade magazine Business Solution.
An oh-so-rare CallAir
It’s hard to say what first attracts you to Pepe Anderas’s CallAir A-1. Is it the bright, international orange paint scheme? The design of the cowboy on a bronco on the tail? The fact that it looks like a cross between a Piper-esque crop duster and a Bellanca? Perhaps it was all of the above […]
Improved Thrush to be powered by GE
Officials of Thrush Aircraft were showing off the improved Thrush 510 at this summer’s Oshkosh. But the crop duster wasn’t parked at a Thrush exhibit. Instead, it was parked at the GE Aviation exhibit. That’s because officials with the Albany, Ga.-based company have chosen GE Aviation’s new H80 turboprop engine to power the improved version […]
Popular Mechanics: ‘Who’s Killing the Electric Plane?’
Popular Mechanics writer David Moland asks, “Who’s Klling the Electric Plane?” According to Moland, “The FAA decrees that LSAs be powered only by reciprocating engines, a measure intended to keep high-powered turbine engines out of the hands of novice sport pilots.” Read the complete story and the large handful of comments here.
CubCrafters creates ‘certified’ sales centers
CubCrafters recently overhauled its distribution network, creating the Certified Sales Center program. The program is the worldwide network of independent CubCrafters aircraft resellers. “Our goals for the new program are to provide improved product knowledge and customer support through our sales network, and increase access to demo aircraft in local markets,” said Randy Lervold, general […]
Garmin unveils new autopilot interface
Garmin has unveiled the GAD 43, a new adapter unit that offers enhanced autopilot interface capabilities for the G500 and G600 flight display systems, allowing an attitude and heading reference system (AHRS) to provide attitude information to selected autopilots in place of an attitude direction indicator (ADI) or remote vertical gyro (VG). Providing analog attitude […]
The News Tribune: DC-3 nearly ready to fly again
Subscribers to the Tacoma, Washington-based The News Tribune enjoyed a feature on a DC-3 restored at Pierce County’s Thun Field. From the story: “Its classic tail-dragger lines – cockpit and wings higher in the air than the tail that rests on a single tire – evoke another era. Two 1,200-horsepower engines power the three-bladed props […]