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• Sonex Onex Overshadowed by R&D Stars

  Unveiling the projects gestating in the Sonex R&D department, the Hornet’s Nest , during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, the SubSonex jet and E-Flight Power System (covered last week in Jet & ESA Fly From Sonex Hornet’s Nest) got all the attention... Posted Sep 10 2009, 05:09 AM by Jetwhine Filed under: Airports, Aviation Marketing, Blogging, E-Flight Power System, folding wings, Homebuilt Airplane, Light sport aircraft, light-sport aircraft, LSA, Sensinich Propeller, Sonex Aircraft, sport aviation, Sport Pilot, SubSonex Jet, The Buzz, General, Electric Airplanes, electronic ignition, Onex, Flight Training

• Jet & ESA Fly From Sonex Hornet’s Nest

  At EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, Sonex Aircraft pulled back the curtain on its research and development department, called the Hornet’s Nest , and unveiled three projects it’s been working on for the past handful of years. One of them the E-Flight Power System... Posted Aug 31 2009, 02:34 PM by Jetwhine Filed under: Airports, Aviation Marketing, Blogging, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, E-Flight Power System, FAA, Light sport aircraft, light-sport aircraft, LSA, Sonex Aircraft, sport aviation, Sport Pilot, SubSonex Jet, The Buzz, General, Electric Airplanes, Onex, Flight Training

• Old Fashioned Focus Sustains Sonex

  No one in aviation has escaped the recession, but it seems that some companies are better set up to deal with it because they pursue an old fashioned business model: listen to your customers, do everything in your power to meet their needs, and grow the... Posted Jun 04 2009, 05:31 AM by Jetwhine Filed under: Airports, Amateur-built Aircraft, Aviation Marketing, Blogging, Customer Satisfaction, Efficient Growth, Light sport aircraft, light-sport aircraft, Sonex Aircraft, sustainable business, General

• Training & Technology’s Transitions

  The JA Air Center opened its new four-building campus, which covers 150,000 square feet, on December 1, 2008. As the airport’s primary FBO, the company had to add flight services–charter, training, and aircraft rental–to its well known... Posted Feb 04 2009, 04:47 AM by Jetwhine Filed under: Airports, Aviation Marketing, Blogging, Business Aviation, FAA, Garmin G1000, Garmin G300, Garmin G600, JA Air Center, JA Flight Services, JA SkyShares, Light sport aircraft, light-sport aircraft, single-engine Cessnas, sport aviation, Sport Pilot, The Buzz, General, Pilot Training, Cessna 162, Cessna 172, Cessna 182, Cessna 206, Cessna 350, Cessna 400, Cessna Caravan, Cessna Pilot Center, Flight Training

• LSA Sales Down, but Fleet Still Growing

  Manufacturers of light-sport aircraft have not escaped the recession. According to several reports, this segment of the aviation industry has not been hit as hard as the manufacturers of heavier general aviation airplanes and the LSA fleet grew by 35... Posted Jan 26 2009, 01:59 PM by Jetwhine Filed under: Airports, American Legend Cessna Aircraft Company, Aviation Marketing, Blogging, Czech Aircraft Works, Hansen Air Group, Jabiru, Light Aircraft Manufacturers Association, Light sport aircraft, light-sport aircraft, LSA, Peregine FA-04, Remos GX, sport aviation, Sport Pilot, U.S. Sport Aviation Expo, General, Tecnam, Flight Design

• Gemini Engine Moving Toward Production

  Designing, testing, certifying, and producing a new aircraft engine is never an easy process. A sour economy that sends investors into hiding just makes the process that more challenging. But the three-cylinder, six piston diesel/Jet A Gemini 100 (see... Posted Jan 12 2009, 01:33 PM by Jetwhine Filed under: Aviation Marketing, Blogging, Business Aviation, FAA, Gemini Diesel Engine, Light sport aircraft, light-sport aircraft, LSA, sport aviation, Sport Pilot, General, Powerplant Developments, Tecnam P92 Eaglet

• New Book Holds Hope for Aviation’s Future

  The only thing that sucks worse than the economy right now is the state of aviation. Mix layoffs with shrinking pilot numbers and the growing list of new regulations and requirements that benefit only bureaucrats, and you have a case of cynicism about... Posted Nov 26 2008, 01:53 PM by Jetwhine Filed under: Airports, Aviation Marketing, Blogging, Dick Starks, FAA, flying for fun, Fokkers at Six O’Clock, grassroots flying, Liberty Landing Airport, Light sport aircraft, light-sport aircraft, sport aviation, Sport Pilot, You Want to Build & Fly a What?, General, Kansas City Dawn Patrol, Flight Training

• Under Construction: EAA AirVenture Grounds

  After the last plane took off for home in August, EAA announced it was starting work on a 10-year plan to improve its AirVenture grounds on Wittman Regional Airport. The news release spoke about moving the main gate, new thoroughfares, and improved navigation... Posted Oct 27 2008, 02:08 PM by Jetwhine Filed under: Airports, Aviation Marketing, Blogging, EAA AirVenture, EAA AirVenture Museum, homebuilts, Light sport aircraft, light-sport aircraft, sport aviation, vintage aircraft, warbirds, Ultralights, General

• Simple Airplanes + Modern Construction = Full-Scale Affordable Flight

  Like most pilots, I dreamed of one day owning an airplane. With the cost of groceries and gas, one son in college and his brother starting next year, I’d put the dream to bed. Given all the costs, I couldn’t justify it to myself, because I... Posted Sep 24 2008, 03:59 AM by Jetwhine Filed under: Airdrome Aeroplanes, Airports, Aviation Marketing, Blogging, Flyboys, Light sport aircraft, light-sport aircraft, Nieuport 17, Sopwith Pup, sport aviation, World War I airplanes, General, Flight Training

• Gemini Diesel Engine Attracts Industry’s Eye

  At first glance the Gemini 100 looks like a compact water-cooled aircraft engine with four opposing cylinders. Narrow and not very tall or deep, it’s roughly the same size as a Continental O-200 and has the same output, 100 hp. That’s where... Posted Aug 18 2008, 01:34 PM by Jetwhine Filed under: Continental O-200, Gemini Diesel Engine, light-sport aircraft, Lycoming O-235, The Buzz, Powerplant Developments, Tecnam P92 Eaglet

• Ken Scott: Multitasking at Van’s Aircraft

  Van’s Aircraft is a small company that’s put a big smile on faces who’ve taken to the sky in the company’s line of RVs. The handful of employees also wear big smiles, even after standing in the hot Oshkosh sun all day, because... Posted Aug 01 2008, 01:12 PM by Jetwhine Filed under: Aviation Marketing, Blogging, EAA AirVenture, Light sport aircraft, light-sport aircraft, LSA, Rotax 912S, RV-12, sport aviation, The Buzz, General, Van’s Aircraft