Steve Ashby
Badland Aircraft Debuts “Thump Air” Engine For its F-1 Ultralight
Badland Aircraft of Truman, Minnesota, premiered its F-1 (named for the Fujita tornado scale) Ultralight in 2015. Since then, they have sold 29 kits...
Cleaveland Tool Lives on Through Flyboy Accessories
In 1989 the now legendary Buzz Lauritsen brought his newly constructed Van's RV-4 to Oshkosh and no one could believe how smooth and ripple...
Lucky Number
Some people have all the luck. Take Les Laidlaw, who flew his newly minted Cozy Mark IV to AirVenture on Saturday, two days before...
Mid-Atlantic RV Gathering Kicks Off Summer Fly-in Season
Summer is here and fly-ins are sprouting up all over the country. While most of them feature homebuilts, very few center on a particular...
Old Pilot’s Camper Journal #6 – Sun ‘n Fun 2023 Edition
I had to be home after Sun 'n Fun by Saturday night. I fully intended to get up at the crack of dawn, break...
Beringer Introduces New and Improved Brakes
Beringer has announced at Sun 'n Fun that they are improving their Aerotec brake sets. The new Aerotec+ has cooling fins cast into the...
Dan Reynolds’ Yukon Chinook at the STOL Competition Sun ‘n Fun...
You think your airplane can land short and take off fast? Here's your measuring stick. Our man Steve Ashby watched and then caught up...
TL Sport Offers New Amateur-Built Retractable Luxury Cruiser
Do you remember the TL Sport Sting? It is a two place low wing sexy looking light sport from Europe. There are 120 flying...
Old Pilot’s Camper Journal #5 – Sun ‘n Fun 2023 Edition
The last full day at the Sun 'n Fun fly-in is always a little melancholic. Although I have been yearning to get back home...
Resurrected RV-6 Shines
When Dave McCormick of Antioch, Illinois got the homebuilding itch in 1997, he ordered an RV-6 kit and promptly began construction. Dave steadily riveted...