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FAA Tweaks Sport Pilot Ticket for the Better

The FAA published the final rule on 22 proposed improvements to sport pilot certification and operation in the February 1, 2010 Federal Register . It’s taken me a month to brew the courage to read it because I felt that a number of them would take...

Published Thu, Feb 25 2010 4:47 AM by Jetwhine

Filed under: Air Traffic Control, Airports, FAA, General, Blogging, Flight Training, Aviation Marketing, Light sport aircraft, sport aviation, LSA, Sport Pilot, trikes, light-sport aircraft, SkyCatcher, Pilot Certification, powered parachutes, hood time, weight-shift aircraft, Part-141 flight schools
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...

Published Thu, Sep 10 2009 5:09 AM by Jetwhine

Filed under: The Buzz, Airports, General, Blogging, Flight Training, Aviation Marketing, Light sport aircraft, sport aviation, LSA, Homebuilt Airplane, Sport Pilot, light-sport aircraft, Electric Airplanes, Sonex Aircraft, E-Flight Power System, SubSonex Jet, Onex, folding wings, Sensinich Propeller, electronic ignition
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...

Published Mon, Aug 31 2009 2:34 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: The Buzz, Airports, FAA, General, Blogging, Flight Training, Aviation Marketing, Light sport aircraft, sport aviation, LSA, Sport Pilot, light-sport aircraft, Electric Airplanes, Sonex Aircraft, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, E-Flight Power System, SubSonex Jet, Onex
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...

Published Thu, Jun 4 2009 5:31 AM by Jetwhine

Filed under: Airports, General, Blogging, Aviation Marketing, Light sport aircraft, Amateur-built Aircraft, light-sport aircraft, sustainable business, Sonex Aircraft, Customer Satisfaction, Efficient Growth
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...

Published Wed, Feb 4 2009 4:47 AM by Jetwhine

Filed under: The Buzz, Airports, FAA, Business Aviation, General, Blogging, Flight Training, Aviation Marketing, Light sport aircraft, Cessna 182, Cessna 400, sport aviation, Sport Pilot, Cessna Pilot Center, light-sport aircraft, Pilot Training, Garmin G1000, Cessna 172, Cessna 206, JA Air Center, Cessna Caravan, Garmin G300, single-engine Cessnas, Cessna 350, Cessna 162, Garmin G600, JA SkyShares, JA Flight Services
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...

Published Mon, Jan 26 2009 1:59 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: Airports, General, Blogging, Aviation Marketing, Light sport aircraft, sport aviation, LSA, Sport Pilot, light-sport aircraft, Remos GX, Jabiru, Hansen Air Group, Czech Aircraft Works, Flight Design, Light Aircraft Manufacturers Association, Tecnam, American Legend Cessna Aircraft Company, Peregine FA-04, U.S. Sport Aviation Expo
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...

Published Mon, Jan 12 2009 1:33 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: FAA, Business Aviation, General, Blogging, Aviation Marketing, Light sport aircraft, sport aviation, LSA, Sport Pilot, light-sport aircraft, Powerplant Developments, Tecnam P92 Eaglet, Gemini Diesel Engine
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...

Published Wed, Nov 26 2008 1:53 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: Airports, FAA, General, Blogging, Flight Training, Aviation Marketing, Light sport aircraft, sport aviation, Sport Pilot, Dick Starks, Kansas City Dawn Patrol, Fokkers at Six O’Clock, light-sport aircraft, Liberty Landing Airport, You Want to Build & Fly a What?, grassroots flying, flying for fun
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...

Published Mon, Oct 27 2008 2:08 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: Airports, General, Blogging, Aviation Marketing, Light sport aircraft, sport aviation, EAA AirVenture, Ultralights, light-sport aircraft, warbirds, EAA AirVenture Museum, homebuilts, vintage aircraft
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...

Published Wed, Sep 24 2008 3:59 AM by Jetwhine

Filed under: Airports, General, Blogging, Flight Training, Aviation Marketing, Light sport aircraft, sport aviation, light-sport aircraft, Airdrome Aeroplanes, Flyboys, World War I airplanes, Sopwith Pup, Nieuport 17
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...

Published Mon, Aug 18 2008 1:34 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: The Buzz, light-sport aircraft, Continental O-200, Powerplant Developments, Tecnam P92 Eaglet, Lycoming O-235, Gemini Diesel Engine
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...

Published Fri, Aug 1 2008 1:12 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: The Buzz, General, Blogging, Aviation Marketing, Light sport aircraft, sport aviation, LSA, EAA AirVenture, Van’s Aircraft, Rotax 912S, RV-12, light-sport aircraft

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