Aviators Hot Line is hosting the 2nd Annual Sport Pilot Fly-in to the Bahamas Jan. 22-23, right after the U.S. Sport Aviation Expo in Sebring, Fla. Participants will receive a commemorative T-shirt personalized with their N-number and aircraft manufacturer’s emblem. For those who are attending Sebring, there will be a noon briefing Jan. 22, at […]
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Looking ahead to a better year
Happy New Year! Everyone in aviation from hang gliders to jets is hoping for a year of improvement in 2012. Certainly it’s been a tough four years since 2008’s tumble. Many see hope and promise in the arrival of a new year and that mood is powerfully amplified by the Sebring LSA Expo in January. […]
Coming soon: The LSA industry’s biggest get-together
While AirVenture, Sun ‘n Fun, and Germany’s Aero may have more LSA professionals in attendance, the Light Aircraft Manufacturers Association (LAMA) Dinner at the Sebring U.S. Sport Aviation Expo is big. How big? For the last four years, LAMA has “sold out” — standing-room-only last year — its annual dinner. The event takes place in […]
AOPA president to speak at Sebring LSA Expo
Craig fuller, president of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA), is slated to speak at the U.S. Sport Aviation Expo next month in Sebring, Florida. Fuller will hold a special Pilot Town Hall meeting Jan. 20 at 1:30 p.m. during the airshow at the Alan Jay Hangar at Sebring Regional Airport (SEF) to update […]
Help design the C4
How would you like to help a popular Light-Sport Aircraft manufacturer design its first four-place aircraft? If the answer is yes, Flight Design wants to hear from you. During Aero Friedrichshafen in April, Flight Design unveiled plans to build its first four-place airplane. By July at AirVenture the company had a mock-up of the new […]
Looking ahead to the new year
Preparations are underway for the U.S. Sport Aviation Expo, the eighth running of the focused event. The annual gathering in Sebring, Florida, occurs about the third week of January each year and, as such, kicks off the aviation calendar. (Sun ’n Fun now starts the season of recreational flying.) Recently we visited the show site […]
SunState Aviation builds new facility at ISM
SunState Aviation at Florida’s Kissimmee Gateway Airport (ISM) is replacing its current facility with a new, 16,000-square-foot building with a grand opening projected for Fall 2012. Construction began early this month, and the new facility will be dedicated mostly to expansion of the flight school’s hangar for aircraft maintenance, but will also include enhancements to […]
AeroTwin Engine to be produced in New Zealand
AeroTwin Motors reports that it has sold production assets and licensed improvements to establish AeroTwin sport aircraft engine production in New Zealand. Aeromotors Ltd., a New Zealand company, organized by former AeroTwin engine consultant and inventor W.L. White, plans to produce AeroTwin engines and develop new engines. White has arranged a combination of government and […]
‘Sheriff One’ takes off
“Sheriff One” has begun flying missions for the Tulare County Sheriff’s Department in California. “Sheriff One” is the call sign used by the new Flight Design CTLE operated by the sheriff’s department. Captain David Williams is the spark plug behind the county’s acquisition of the Flight Design Light-Sport Aircraft to be used for law enforcement […]