According to the FAA Aerospace Forecast from March, Light Sport Aircraft is expected to grow 6 times more than general aviation through 2013. “On the general aviation front, the demand for products and services will continue to grow, particularly in new business jets and light sport aircraft.” “Lastly, the light sport aircraft category is expected ...
Ethanol-Free Autogas is what most pilots want for their aircraft, but it is more and more difficult to find. Dean Billing has made find good fuel a lot easier by putting together a map showing airports in the USA that offer the good stuff. To check out the map yourself, visit: If your airport is ...
Yet someone else came out warning about the problems with alcohol in our fuel. This time it is the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers or AFPM. WASHINGTON – American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers President Charles T. Drevna today issued the following response to the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision paving the way for the sale of gasoline ...
Visual Scanning is very important to keep yourself from being involved in a midair collision. The FAA talks about it, but it is a difficult thing to illustrate. But luckily there is a way to dramatically show how your eyes can play tricks on you so that you can lose sight of (or never find ...
OK, so there is no doubt that electric aircraft are way cool. But a lot of people make big claims about how ‘green’ an electric vehicle can be. I suppose that is true if you just look at the electrons poured into your batteries vs. the gasoline the fossil-fuel burner pours into his fuel tank. ...
This story from Kent Misegades is good news, sort of. Rules set by the central planning committees in Washington for what we can buy and burn in our engines seem to be going sideways since they can’t respond quickly enough to market forces. Somehow, I suspect that it will still be the consumer that will ...
California Power Systems has Rotax certified training classes scheduled from February 14th through the 23rd. CPS is conducting the classes in their new training facility at the Chino Airport (CNO) in Southern California. The classes range from 2 Stroke Service and Maintenance Training all the way to 912/914 Heavy Maintenance Training. Professional mechanics as well ...
For those planning a trip to the Sebring, Florida U.S. Sport Aviation Expo (January 19-22, 2012) and want to get more done for your travel dollar, you should consider coming early and attend Rotax engine maintenance classes at the Aero Technical Institute (ATI). The classes are good for several different levels of expertise including Airframe ...
When making the trip to Sun ‘n Fun, the last thing a lot of pilots think about is attending safety seminars or even regular forums. After all, there is so much else to do there at the event that sitting still for any length of time seems somehow wrong. However, there are a lot of ...
Airport boards are often filled with people whom don’t fly. Worse, those same people don’t have any kind of financial stake in the success of the airport or the businesses. They may be volunteers or they may be paid some. Either way, it is the rare airport board member that will question the FAA, the ...