September 2007 - Posts

• Safety Pilot: Light sport design - AOPA Pilot

  Safety Pilot: Light sport design AOPA Pilot - 12 minutes ago By Bruce Landsberg Only Rip Van Winkle could overlook the buzz surrounding light sport aircraft (LSA) these days. It's nice to remember that new primary ... Read More... Posted Sep 28 2007, 12:17 PM by "homebuilt aircraft OR airplane" OR "light sport aircraft OR airplane" OR "sport pilot" - Google News

• Entrepreneur swoops in with aerotrekkiing venture - USA Today

  Entrepreneur swoops in with aerotrekkiing venture USA Today - 44 minutes ago But the faster and more costly aerotrekking planes are a distinct subspecies of " light sport aircraft ." Steered by weight-shift control, they require ... Read More... Posted Sep 27 2007, 05:41 AM by "homebuilt aircraft OR airplane" OR "light sport aircraft OR airplane" OR "sport pilot" - Google News

• Flight seminar has good stuff, but not enough to get airborne - Winston-Salem Journal

  Flight seminar has good stuff, but not enough to get airborne Winston-Salem Journal, NC - 11 minutes ago Symmes estimates that just about anyone can get a sport-pilot license (the lowest classification) with as little as 20 hours flight time and a handful... Posted Sep 26 2007, 09:48 PM by "homebuilt aircraft OR airplane" OR "light sport aircraft OR airplane" OR "sport pilot" - Google News

• Cirrus Design’s Jet Avionics and Parachute System - CharterX

  Cirrus Design’s Jet Avionics and Parachute System CharterX, OR - 14 minutes ago based Cirrus Design Corp., airplane manufacturer of advanced, sexy-looking, four-place piston SR20s, SR22s, SR22-G3s and future light sport aircraft , ... Read More... Posted Sep 25 2007, 10:36 PM by "homebuilt aircraft OR airplane" OR "light sport aircraft OR airplane" OR "sport pilot" - Google News

• Epps family was there from Georgia’s aviation beginning - Aviation International News

  Epps family was there from Georgia’s aviation beginning Aviation International News, NJ - 33 minutes ago ... bicycle repairer and tinkerer Ben Epps designed and flew a homebuilt aircraft (see sidebar). That began the Epps family’s love affair with aviation... Posted Sep 25 2007, 05:57 PM by "homebuilt aircraft OR airplane" OR "light sport aircraft OR airplane" OR "sport pilot" - Google News

• Hawker Beechcraft Corp. - The Wichita Eagle

  Hawker Beechcraft Corp. The Wichita Eagle, KS - 23 minutes ago ... room of journalists Monday morning at the Georgia World Congress Center, but he wouldn't say where Cessna's new light sport aircraft will be built. ... Read More... Posted Sep 24 2007, 11:07 PM by "homebuilt aircraft OR airplane" OR "light sport aircraft OR airplane" OR "sport pilot" - Google News

• The Winchester Star - Winchester Star

  Winchester Star The Winchester Star Winchester Star, VA - 14 minutes ago ... would be able to fly the light sport airplane class, of which Zenith is one of the makers. Largent said the light sport pilot certification requirement ... Read More... Posted Sep 23 2007, 09:09 PM by "homebuilt aircraft OR airplane" OR "light sport aircraft OR airplane" OR "sport pilot" - Google News

• Plane Crash Update- Pilot's Health - WTVC

  Plane Crash Update- Pilot's Health WTVC, TN - 12 minutes ago Rodney Dunham lifts off the ground in his light sport aircraft , leaving from the same runway Jerry Roth did the day before, and in a plane similar to the ... Read More... Posted Sep 23 2007, 03:35 PM by "homebuilt aircraft OR airplane" OR "light sport aircraft OR airplane" OR "sport pilot" - Google News

• Press Release: Peace Through Sport October Camp - Around the Rings (subscription)

  Around the Rings (subscription) Press Release: Peace Through Sport October Camp Around the Rings (subscription), GA - 18 minutes ago The Peace Through Sport Pilot Camp will welcome the leaders of youth to the Capital’s Al Hussein Sports City for the 10... Posted Sep 21 2007, 06:34 AM by "homebuilt aircraft OR airplane" OR "light sport aircraft OR airplane" OR "sport pilot" - Google News

• Peace Through Sport - SFCPressPoint (press release)

  Peace Through Sport SFCPressPoint (press release), FL - 11 minutes ago The Peace Through Sport Pilot Camp will welcome the leaders of youth to the Capital's Al Hussein Sports City for the 10-day training programme. ... Read More... Posted Sep 21 2007, 05:40 AM by "homebuilt aircraft OR airplane" OR "light sport aircraft OR airplane" OR "sport pilot" - Google News

• Peace through sport October camp set for global impact - sportbusiness.com

  Peace through sport October camp set for global impact sportbusiness.com - 21 minutes ago The Peace Through Sport Pilot Camp will welcome the leaders of youth to the Capital’s Al Hussein Sports City for the 10-day training programme. ... Read More... Posted Sep 21 2007, 02:41 AM by "homebuilt aircraft OR airplane" OR "light sport aircraft OR airplane" OR "sport pilot" - Google News

• CEO racing from east to west - Warrnambool Standard

  Warrnambool Standard CEO racing from east to west Warrnambool Standard, Australia - 26 minutes ago He then spent 18 months helping set up the Gippsland Academy of Sport pilot project with the Victorian Institute of Sport before stepping into his racing... Posted Sep 20 2007, 09:30 PM by "homebuilt aircraft OR airplane" OR "light sport aircraft OR airplane" OR "sport pilot" - Google News

• It is happening… - Airportbusiness Blog

  It is happening… Airportbusiness Blog, DC - 15 minutes ago The first promise of the LSA ( Light Sport Aircraft ) was that people could fly it without a medical. That hasn’t actually happened yet on a widespread basis, ... Read More... Posted Sep 20 2007, 04:14 PM by "homebuilt aircraft OR airplane" OR "light sport aircraft OR airplane" OR "sport pilot" - Google News

• Fly-In to Feature WWII Era Bomber - Bartlesville Examiner Enterprise

  Fly-In to Feature WWII Era Bomber Bartlesville Examiner Enterprise, OK - 48 minutes ago ... will feature 300-500 of the finest show-class sport aviation aircraft in the entire country, including a large number of the new “ light sport aircraft . ... Read... Posted Sep 20 2007, 01:22 PM by "homebuilt aircraft OR airplane" OR "light sport aircraft OR airplane" OR "sport pilot" - Google News

• Aero-News Featured Aero-Casts For Thursday 09.20.07 - Aero-News Network

  Aero-News Featured Aero-Casts For Thursday 09.20.07 Aero-News Network, FL - 11 minutes ago ... for Industry and Regulatory Affairs about the third anniversary of the Sport Pilot rule, and what lies ahead for the Light Sport Aircraft market. ... Read More... Posted Sep 20 2007, 11:41 AM by "homebuilt aircraft OR airplane" OR "light sport aircraft OR airplane" OR "sport pilot" - Google News