FK12 Comet LSA Price: $120,000 (Rotax engine); $135,000 (Lycoming AEIO 233 aerobatic engine) Wingspan (ft.): 22 Empty weight in base configuration (lbs.): 650 …
July 2012
Financing The Flying Dream
It’s no secret that learning to fly is expensive. Recent studies by AOPA and other general aviation groups have …
Light-Sport Chronicles: Profiles In Vision: Dan Johnson, Part 2
Picking up with Dan Johnson from our talk last month at Sun ‘n Fun, we continue our armchair prognostications and …
Do As We Say, Not As We Do
Over the years, you’ve no doubt heard urgings from various government agencies to always pay careful attention to the …
It‘s More Than Just An N-Number
The other day at the hangar, we were talking about how many times I’ve rebuilt my airplane: twice for …
Oh My God! There‘s No Man In The Cockpit!
My friend Mark Magin, Onboard Images President, recently told me a hilarious story. Sitting in first class on a commercial …
iFlightPlanner For iPad By Sennheiser
For some time now, iFlightPlanner.com has offered a web-based service combining flight-planning and logging features with a …
Getting Back Into It
Yeah, I got my license, but then I got married, had a couple of kids and got engrossed in building …
Handheld Buyer‘s Guide
Smarter, faster and ever smaller, handheld devices for aviation are undergoing a revolution that surpasses anything we’ve seen before …
The Look-Homeward Angel
The Comet carries the DNA of all those ships, yet the biplane sportster/aerobat represents a breakthrough of sorts as …
July 2012 Readback
The Cirrus Vision SF50 personal-jet program is fully funded through certification and initial production, thanks to a major investment …