Tag: orion600

First flight surprise! There's a reason you should follow the plans when installing a canopy latch. By Mike Newell.

Get it right the first time. By KITPLANES® Staff.

When new aircraft from two very different designers, in this case Randy Schlitter and Richard VanGrunsven, surface with considerable similarities, consensus about basic design tenets must be blowing in the wind. Certainly Light Sport regs do constrain performance considerations, but human factors are more up for grabs, and that’s where one or another design can truly shine; by Marc Cook.

Become a UFOI enjoyed Vic Syracuse's article on flying and aging . When 93-year-old...