The Heart of America Sport Aviation Classic is history. Weather and first year challenges conspired to keep the event from achieving its true potential, which illustrates the task of creating a “new Sebring” LSA Expo. These small venues have outsize appeal because they are much more intimate than the big airshows with their tens or […]
Carbon Cub SS Price: $218,930 (Garmin G3X custom panel) Engine: CC340 180 hp Wingspan: 34 ft 3 in. Cabin width (in.): 30 Fuel capacity (gals.): 25 Useful load (lbs.): 420 (depending on aircraft options) Max takeoff weight (lbs.): 1320 Empty weight (lbs.): 900 PERFORMANCE Vne (mph): 141 mph Max speed (mph): 138mph Vso (mph): 32mph […]
CARBON CUB SS Base Price: $163,000 Gross weight (lbs.): 1320 Empty weight (lbs.): 900 Useful load, std. (lbs.): 420 Fuel capacity (gals.): 24 Payload, full std. fuel (lbs.): 276 Payload, one hr. fuel plus res. (lbs.): 360 PERFORMANCE Best rate of climb, SL (fpm): 2100 Cruise (mph): 105-110 Stall (mph): 31 Source: CubCrafters
Every year at Sun ‘n Fun the nearby Fantasy of Flight Museum puts on a Splash-In. Aircraft of the waterfowl persuasion, from amphibians to seaplanes to float versions of GA, Experimental and LSA types hang out and participate in some fun contests, including spot landing, grapefruit bomb drop and…short water takeoff. *** The last task […]
The Valdez STOL Competition & Fly-in Air Show is gearing up for a remarkable celebration as it marks two decades of aviation excellence at Valdez Pioneer Field Airport (PAVD) in Alaska. Red Bull Air Race pilot Łukasz “Luke” Czepiela, renowned for his exceptional aerial maneuvers, is set to headline the event during the second weekend […]
The pioneering system sets a new benchmark for general aviation safety.
Gallatin, Tennessee, on September 1-2 hosted the inaugural Music City STOL Competition at Music City Executive Airport (KXNX). Known as the “Gateway to Middle Tennessee,” for its active aviation community and situated just minutes outside of Nashville at an elevation of 583 feet, Gallatin proved to be the perfect setting for a National STOL Series event. The event, which drew […]
Can you hear it? Do you notice pilots all around you preparing for the annual pilgrimage to Oshkosh, Wisconsin for AirVenture 2023? Preflights happening. Engines firing up. Courses set on the EFIS. We’re off to the biggest aviation week of the year! One pre-show announcement came from one of our most stable and long-lived producers […]
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