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It’s more than coincidence that several manufacturers seem to hit upon the same good idea at the same time.
Perhaps the founder, president and designer-in-residence at Rans, Inc., was simply proud of what he had achieved with the updated Courier, and was accepting the exigencies that come with making airplanes for the certified world.
Rans S-7LS Courier SPECIFICATIONS Crew: One Capacity: One passenger Length: 23 ft. 3 in. (7.09 m) Wingspan: 29 ft .3 in. (8.92 m) Height: 6 ft. 4 in. (1.93 m) Wing Area: 147.1 sq. ft. (13.67 m2) Empty Weight (lbs.): 700 (318 kg) Gross Weight (lbs.): 1,232 (559 kg) Fuel Capacity: 18 US Gallons (68 more »
The initial idea for this article was to pick the 10 best airplanes under $100,000, but the immediate response was, “You’re kidding, right?
As the old quip says, nothing succeeds like success.
ICON A5 SPECIFICATIONS Standard Base Price: $197,000 Price As Flown (ICON 100 Founders Edition): $247,000 Engine: Rotax 912 (100 hp) (optional 912 iS) Seats: 2 Gear: Retractable gear Gross Weight (lbs.): 1510 Useful Load (lbs.): 430-550 Fuel Capacity: 20 gal usable Fuel: 91 octane auto gas or 100LL PERFORMANCE Fuel Burn: 3.8 gph @ cruise more »
Vulcanair P68Vr SPECIFICATIONS Basic price: 869,000 2 Engines: Lycoming IO-360-A1B6 (200 hp) Max Takeoff Weight (lbs.): 4548 Max Landing Weight (lbs.): 4321 Std. Empty Weight (std equipped with avg optionals , lbs.): 3198 Max Usable Fuel With Aux Tanks (gals.): 177 Number Of Seats: 6 Max Luggage Weight (lbs.): 400 Cruise Speed @75%, ISA, FL80 more »
Like a rock star of a certain age going back on the arena circuit, rumors of the return of the light twin formerly known as Partenavia—now the Vulcanair—have echoed around the domestic GA world for the better part of a decade.
When Lancair began transforming the high-performance experimental aircraft world with its composite kits in the 1980s, who knew its advances would reverberate all the way into the backcountry?
Proving that good things come to those who wait, ICON Aircraft just announced that they’ve completed their first production aircraft for a customer, with regular aircraft deliveries starting this summer after FAA acceptance.
Lancair Evolution SPECIFICATIONS Price as flown: Approx. $1.4 million Engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A-135A Max horsepower (shp): 750 Max torque (lbs. ft.): 2080 Propeller: Hartzell 82.5-inch four-blade w/ deice Length (ft.): 30 Height (ft.): 10 Wingspan (ft.): 37 Seating: 4 Cargo volume (cu. ft.): 39 Baggage capacity (lbs.): 225 Fuel capacity (gals.): 168 Full fuel more »
The single-engine warbird inventory that’s available to us civilians is so deep that it’s hard to cover it all.
Not since the 1930s has airplane innovation been impacted as much as it was yesterday when ICON unveiled their hotly anticipated A5 amphibious aircraft to the public through a handful of pilot journalists.
SportCruiser LSA SPECIFICATIONS Engine: Rotax 912 ULS Power: 100 hp at 5800 rpm Fuel: Mogas 91 AKI min or Avgas 100LL Propeller: Woodcomp Classic Wingspan (ft.): 28.22 Length (ft.): 21.72 Height (ft.): 7.60 Cockpit width (in.): 46.2 Max. takeoff weight (lbs.): 1320 Empty weight (min. equip., lbs.): 824 Max. baggage weight in rear compartment (lbs.): more »
All too often, we hear about general aviation businesses hanging on by a thread, scraping by in a fight to survive.
You know you’re not in for any surprises when flying a Cirrus.
Cirrus SR22T GTS SPECIFICATIONS Base price: $599,900 As flown: approx. $833,700 Engine: Continental 315 hp TSIO-550-K Turbocharged Max gross weight (lbs.): 3,600 Base weight (lbs.): 2,342 Useful load weight (lbs.): 1,258 Fuel capacity (gals.): 92 Wingspan: 38 ft. 4 in. Length (ft.): 26 Height: 8 ft. 11 in. Cabin width (in.): 49 Cabin height (in.): more »
As the U.S. distributor of the mega-selling and insanely popular CT series of German-manufactured, all-composite light-sport aircraft, Peghiny has watched an industry he helped create transform itself into the brightest spot in GA.