Sun ‘N Fun

Carol Ann Garratt has flown around the world in a Mooney before — taking her time, on a seven-month trip that she wrote about in a book, “Upon Silver Wings.” This time, she is taking a co-pilot and aiming to break the round-the-world record for single-engine aircraft, by making the flight start-to-finish in just seven […]

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Saturday at Sun ‘n Fun, the IndUS Aviation folks, who were the first to get their airplanes certified as LSAs, will show off their latest achievement, an LSA that flies with an ASTM-certified diesel engine. “Now our technology can go worldwide,” IndUS President Ram Pattisapu told AVweb on Friday. In many parts of the world, […]

Sporty’s Pilot Shop is offering a new “Introduction to Flying” DVD program that aims to help passengers feel more at ease in the cockpit. Passengers will learn about what the pilot is doing and why, and also will learn how to be helpful in the cockpit and how to cope with an emergency. The program […]

CubCrafters has certified its Sport Cub to fly with Baumann 1500 Straight Floats, chairman Jim Richmond announced at Sun ‘n Fun on Friday. At gross weight, he said, the Cub launched from the water in less than 8 seconds. “I was not prepared for the performance we have seen with this airplane. Light weight does […]

The LSA world has busily populated itself with a wide variety of aircraft, but the Falcon LS, which is showing for the first time here at Sun ‘n Fun this week, stands out with a sleek, muscular, sporty look. “It’s the Kevlar,” said T&T Aviation vice president Tom Pizzuti, who was minding the airplane under […]

General aviation needs more good instructors, Avemco President Jim Lauerman said on Friday at Sun ‘n Fun, but insurance costs have been a barrier for many experienced owner/pilots who have earned a CFI ticket and might like to teach on an occasional basis. Now Avemco is offering customized liability coverage that will make it possible […]

CHOOSE GALLERY: one |two |THREE |four |five |six |seven CLICK FOR LARGE IMAGESEACH IMAGE WILL OPEN IN A NEW WINDOW Airplane Rides in the D-25 Air Show Crowds Arrivals and Show Planes Taxiing to Parking D-25 Landing Courtney Godwin Gets an Autograph from Matt Chapman David Martin Chapman in Action Homebuilt Parking Diamond D-50 Chapman […]

Cirrus Design co-founders Dale and Alan Klapmeier defied enormous odds to build a successful, profitable airplane company but it wasn’t just the technology and innovation that made the SR22 the best selling single in the world. A fundamental love of aviation has driven them from day one (they aren’t unique in that) and they were […]