An aircraft leasing company, LAFT, has placed an order for 35 Liberty CL2 aircraft. LAFT purchases and leases aircraft to flight schools and flight academies. I’ve always liked the looks of the XL2 with the carbon fiber fuselage, and 132 knot cruise speed while sipping only 5 gallons/hr. The Liberty XL2 also boasts a 48 […]
The AOPA sweeps plane (Commander) from 2005 hasn’t yet been delivered to the winner yet, and a winner hasn’t yet been announced by AOPA. However I have noticed that the plane has been on the move recently. It left AOPA headquarters on Saturday and went to Bowling Green Kentucky. Sunday the plane left Kentucky and […]
General Aviation Modifications, the company who makes the GAMIjectors is currently building a turbo normalizer system that will propel your Cirrus SR22 at 200 knots or beyond, up from 170 knots.
We have a turbo-normalizer in flight test now that will make the SR22 into a 200-knot airplane … It will make your SR22 go faster, […]
Rocketplane, a copany looking to provide commercial flights into space announced this week NASA has agreed to loan them a nice big engine. NASA has been trying to be more friendly with the private sector recently with programs such as this and the GlobalFlyer using the Cape Canaveral runway.
The engine is NASA’s RS-88 and is […]
Flight at Mac 20? The Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 1 (HTV-1) is a joint program between the US Air Force and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) designed to attain close to Mach to as early as September of 2007.
The aircraft (artist rendering above via Russ Partch) will exit the earth’s atmosphere before reentering […]
So the purpose of a Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) is to “restrict air travel due to a hazardous condition, a special event.” Since the Super Bowl is considered a “special event” the FAA has issued a TFR for the Super Bowl to be held at Ford Field in Detroit. Therefore the FAA has implemented a […]
Taylorcraft has announced that the Taylorcraft Taylor Sport has received a Special Light Sport Airworthiness Certificate. Standard equipment is a Continental 100HP engine with an 1800 hour TBO, two 21 gallon wing tanks and a McCauley fixed pitch prop.
75% Cruise sped is 115mph, stall speed is 43mph and the take-off roll is a mere 375 […]
Pardon the short, inconsequential post but I find it humorous that X-Plane is currently in the number 1 position on Google when you search for flight simulator x. You can see it
I watch very little TV, but I will tune in to MythBusters if I happen to see it flip by. Recently there were two episodes with aviation themes. One took a look at the damage caused by a chickens hitting the windshield of a small airplane. Would it make a difference if the chicken was […]
in AOPA’s ePilot newsletter this week they reported members calling in with questions about having been “ramp checked” are increasing. They gave some quick guidance on how to deal with the ramp check, mostly “play nice”. However they also said something else I though twas interesting.
The regulations require that your pilot and medical
certificates be readily […]
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