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Tuesday, March 23, 2010 Light-Sport Chronicles: The Long ViewTaking a broad look at LSA with one of its major players "This is a very dynamic time for the industry, and for Remos,” Ken Weaver, VP of marketing for Remos Aircraft, told me the other day. |
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 From The Editor: Just Because "Why would anyone want to go there?” is what a few pilots on the ramp asked when we told them where we were off to. |
Tuesday, February 23, 2010 From The Editor: Where GA Shines Since the devastating 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti in January, general aviation pilots have been making an increasingly positive impact in the troubled country; in some regions, GA relief flights are the only way aid is getting through. |
Tuesday, February 23, 2010 Light-Sport Chronicles: Befriending The EnemyWe have met the enemy...and he is us “Minute Man traffic, light-sport one three four X-ray entering downwind for runway three, Minute Man.” |
Tuesday, February 9, 2010 Profiles In Vision: Larry BurkeEngineering whiz, airplane lover, LSA rule maker...founding father Ever had a neighbor who watered your roses if you forgot to? Or loaned you his tools, though you didn’t know him very well? |
Tuesday, January 26, 2010 From The Editor: It’s Never Too Late It was typical hangar chatter during a holiday party at the MotoArt facility at Torrance Airport. |
Tuesday, January 26, 2010 The Common ThreadHow mountain flying meshes with primary training You may not think that “learning to fly” and “mountain flying” fit well in the same sentence, but I urge you to reconsider. |
Tuesday, December 15, 2009 Light-Sport Chronicles: School DazeThree ways LSA flight training is getting done in America Recently, I fired up the Skype to glean some insight into LSA flight training in America. |
Tuesday, December 1, 2009 From The Editor: Catching Up With The Kings The exchange sounded like something you might expect to hear in the cockpit of a large airliner. But I was in a Dassault Falcon 10 piloted by husband and wife John and Martha King, creators of the popular King Schools training videos and private jet owners. |
Tuesday, November 3, 2009 LSA Ownership—Condo Style!Low down payment, affordable monthly installments, zero hassle: sound familiar? I love this concept of sharing ownership in an aircraft, new or used. Last month, I delved into David Kruger’s Aircraft Partnership Association (www.theapa.com), a type of online matchmaking service to bring like-minded pilots together for sharing the costs of aircraft ownership. |
