Sporty’s Takes Learning to the Web
Sporty’s Pilot Shop is known for its innovation in flight instruction materials. But it’s common knowledge that earning your pilot certificate is simply a...
Briefing and Flying in Paradise City
Before flight, pilots get their morning briefing for the Paradise City pattern and, as happens, things had changed since last year, necessitating more detail...
Now This Is More Like It…
Now this is more like what we come to Sun 'n Fun to see--an Apollo Fox LSA and a Lucky 2 ultralight lifting...
New Insight Engine Monitor and So Much More
A buddy intercepted me on the flight line, and said there was this new engine monitor on display that you could use to balance...
Celier Aviation Xenon Shines in Chopper Town
It’s taxicab yellow and bulbous on the bottom, but when Mike Bantum fires up the turbocharged intercooled Rotax 912 on the Celier Xenon gyroplane,...
Show Shopping Without Stopping
Still, not everyone stops and gawks during the afternoon airshow...some get busy and shop to take advantage of the lighter crowds in displays knowing...
Scheme Designers Goes 3-D
Craig Barnett, principal of Scheme Designers, which creates unique paint schemes for aircraft of all makes and models, is beaming like a proud parent....
New Products: Overhead Lighting Console
Aircrafters of Watsonville, California, is now the exclusive distributor for a new, lightweight, multipurpose overhead lighting console designed and manufactured by Pegasus Aeromarine, Inc....
Scheme Designers Goes 3-D
Craig Barnett, principal of Scheme Designers, which creates unique paint schemes for aircraft of all makes and models, is beaming like a proud parent. He says that it has always been a challenge working with some customers who have trouble visualizing what a paint scheme will look like on their airplane from a two-dimensional rendering.Face it, thats flat, Barnett says, and most aircraft have lots of curved surfaces. It is just hard for some people…
New Products: Overhead Lighting Console
Aircrafters of Watsonville, California, is now the exclusive distributor for a new, lightweight, multipurpose overhead lighting console designed and manufactured by Pegasus Aeromarine, Inc. of Port Townsend, Washington. The console is suited for either forward or rear overhead lighting. Made of gelcoated fiberglass and weighing only 2.4 ounces, it has multiple facets to allow various configurations to fit rocker switches and either mini-eyeball lights or swiveling map lights (such as the SteinAir LED map light)…
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Letters
Trim TabsBarnaby Wainfan's recent article about trim tabs advised having enough stiffness in...
Light Stuff
Earlier this year, columnist Dave Martin had the opportunity to fly Flight Designs CTSW (short wing) factory-built Light Sport Aircraft. This month, he flies the company's new CTLS (Light Sport model), and he details the differences between the two.