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XM Satellite Weather announced at the Sun ‘n Fun Fly-In this week in Lakeland, Fla., that it will enhance its popular Aviator package, adding more features at no additional charge. “We’re excited to announce the expansion of coverage to Canada and Puerto Rico,” said XM spokesman Roderick MacKenzie. The package also will include Canadian weather […]

“We can sell this aircraft, factory-built, as an E-LSA until the end of January 2008,” Chuck Roberg of Xenon Gyroplanes said this week at the Sun ‘n Fun Fly-In in Lakeland, Fla. “After that, is a big question mark.” The uncertainty is due to the evolving status of gyrocopters in the FAA’s light sport aircraft […]

Garmin subsidiary Digital Cyclone this week at the Sun ‘n Fun Fly-In in Lakeland, Fla., unveiled a new version of its Pilot My-Cast cellphone application that allows pilots to file a flight plan using a mobile phone. Pilot My-Cast is a subscription-based ($12.95 per month) cellphone service that gives pilots personalized flight planning and weather […]

Recommend a Video |VOTW Archive Cessna’s LSA concept aircraft has undergone changes and may see more. At Sun ‘N Fun 2007, Glenn Pew got the story from Cessna’s Vice President of single engine piston sales, John Doman. Don’t see a video screen?Try disabling ad blockers and refreshing this page.If that doesn’t work, click here to […]

If you have kids, know a kid, or ever were a kid, you know somebody who’ll probably love the new Aircraft Trading Cards from Alpha Tango Charlie Inc. When company founder Todd Trainor started handing out samples to a group of jaded old aviation reporters at the Sun ‘n Fly-In in Lakeland, Fla., this week, […]

The annual pilgrimage to Lakeland Linder Airport could take on special significance for one aviation buff next April. Sun ‘n Fun unveiled its first sweepstakes aircraft on Friday as part of an online promotion. Over the next year, anyone can buy a sweepstakes ticket online and the aircraft, an American Flyer light sport aircraft made […]

AirMax’s SeaMax from Brazil Composite Aeronautic Group’s Toxo Sportster from Spain Aerolab’s airframe design from Italy Right by the entrance at Sun ‘n Fun in Lakeland, Fla., the pretty little SeaMax amphibian attracted a lot of attention from showgoers this week. The airplane has been in production in Brazil since 2001, company rep Carlos Bessa […]

The Adam Aircraft A500 inline piston twin is closing in on full functionality, company CEO Rick Adam said this week at the Sun ‘n Fun Fly-In in Lakeland, Fla. The final certification paperwork allowing the A500 to operate at altitudes up to FL250 has been submitted to the FAA and is pending approval. In September, […]

Would the FAA’s proposed new funding structure force general aviation to pay more than its fair share of the FAA’s costs? According to the FAA, that’s a “myth.” At an “Ask The FAA” session at the Sun ‘n Fun Fly-In in Lakeland, Fla., on Friday, the FAA answered questions about user fees and distributed a […]

Ballistic Recovery Systems (BRS) aircraft recovery parachutes now are available as an option on the Sport Cruiser light port aircraft (LSA) built by Czech Aircraft Works, BRS CEO Larry Williams announced at Sun ‘n Fun on Friday. “Now that we’ve had some experience working within the LSA rules, we have a process and procedures in […]