TurbAero’s Small Turbine Update
TurbAero, an Australian company with footprints in the U.S. and Canada, is continuing work on its small regenerative turbine for light experimental aircraft. At...
Rotax Power, Lots of Speed: The Retractable-Gear TL Sparker Debuts...
This sleek retractable-gear, two-seat Experimental can use any of several Rotax engines, from the 100-hp 912 ULS to the 160-hp turbocharged 916 iS.
New CAMit 127-hp engine at AirVenture
Heart of America Aviation is displaying the new CAMit 3300 127-hp aircraft engine in Booth 4069 of Building D at AirVenture. Along with the...
Copperstate Fly-In Postponed
Originally slated for the weekend before Sun 'n Fun starts—March 25-26—the Copperstate Fly-In has been postponed until later in the year. To be held...
New Features on Ready-to-Fly 2012 RANS S-7LS
RANS Aircraft announced that it will soon fly its 2012 demonstrator S-7LS, which features refinements that provide greater range and payload, and more responsive...
Garmin GDL 39 ADS-B Receiver Debuts
Garmin released a flurry of press releases leading up to Oshkosh AirVenture, including news about incorporating subscription-free ADS-B weather information into its various current...
Florida Treasure Hunting
When most people think of searching for gold and booty in Florida, they naturally think that they are going to need a boat, and...
Glasair Aviations Two Weeks-To-Taxi Program Expands to Include Vans RV-7 and...
Growing from a program centered on Glasair Aviations Sportsman 2+2, a new subsidiary company, Two Weeks To Taxi, LLC, has been formed to continue the Sportsman program but has also added the Vans RV-7 two-place and RV-10 four-place aircraft. As with the Sportsman program, builders will work in the firms Arlington, Washington, factory alongside trained technicians who will be working from a strictly controlled build plan in order to bring the airplane to a taxi-test-ready state in two weeks. The program is slated to begin in the first quarter of 2008.
Helicopters on the Rise
On Saturday, June 21 some 8000 people decided it was a perfect day for an airshow in Northern California, and they all came to...
Aussie Outback SLSA to Debut at AirVenture
There's now another Special Light Sport Aircraft (SLSA) distributor and training provider in the West. Airgyro Aviation, located in Spanish Fork, Utah, is the exclusive sales outlet for Higher Class Aviations Sport Hornet and the new Outback SP 2000 from Australias Light Wing. Airgyro also distributes the Sportcopter 2 gyroplane, certified last year.…
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This month, author Jim Weir lays the groundwork for a solar battery charger, complete with preliminary circuit board considerations drawn from a rats nest and details about how to order a pre-fabricated board.
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Julia DownieOnce a year we take the opportunity to publicly thank the hard-working Julia...
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Editor-in-Chief Marc Cook discusses the mood at the annual AOPA gathering, where he found an upbeat vibe, cautious optimism about the FAAs pending homebuilding rules changes, and a positive announcement from Glasair Aviation.