Archives: Sport Pilot/Grassroot/Recreational Flying
New FAA Interpretation On Rotax Factory Training Generates Heated Controversy Over S-LSA Maintenance
by Carol Carpenter, Rainbow Aviation Services As expected, the adoption of the Sport Pilot/Light Sport Aircraft Rule in 2004, and the FAA interpretation requiring, in some cases, “Manufacturer’s Factory Approved Training” to provide service and line maintenance to Special Light … Continue reading
Midwest LSA Expo Remains Very Accessible To Buyers
MT. VERNON, ILL. – A common complaint among prospective aircraft buyers shopping at trade shows is the lack of accessibility to demo aircraft. Such was not the case at the “Second Annual Midwest LSA Expo,” September 23-25, 2010 at Mt. … Continue reading
Wicks & Remos To Assist Combs In Finale
CORINTH, TEXAS – It is 49 down and one to go in the Michael Combs Odyssey. Combs’ venture, to become the first Sport Pilot to visit all 50 states in a Light Sport Aircraft, has already covered 23,800 miles, logged … Continue reading
Use of Ultralight E-LSA For Training Activities…
Heated Controversy Has Good Arguments On Each Side Don’t Sell Your Old E-LSA Just Yet! by Ed Leineweber The poet Robert Burns famously wrote that the best laid schemes of mice and men often go astray. And so it seems, … Continue reading
Piper’s Special Light Sport Aircraft Entry Arrives In The Midwest… North Iowa Air Service Named Piper Sport Distributor
Sport Pilot & Light Sport Aircraft – by Ed Leineweber Wow! That happened fast! While airplanes are fast-moving machines, developments in the aviation world usually do not set speed records. (Take the 10-year development of the Sport Pilot/Light Sport Aircraft … Continue reading
Sport Pilot Rule Changes Finally Take Effect… Generally Positive Results Are Good News!
Five and a half years after the Sport Pilot/Light Sport Aircraft rules went into effect, giving birth to a new movement in general aviation, the first changes to these rules took effect on April 2, 2010. Taken together, the rule-making … Continue reading
The Light Sport Repairman: A Story of Alchemy & The Peanut
Since the advent of the Light Sport rules in 2004, many have benefited from its versatility. Sadly, others believe it is limited by a lack of commercial opportunity, but to quote George Washington Carver, “Fall in love with the peanut … Continue reading
