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The WAM diesel-powered IndUs Thorpedo LSA arrived on schedule to a packed news conference at Sun ‘n Fun on Saturday and there was a cluster of people around it most of the day. With the numbers IndUS is reporting, it’s no wonder. The supercharged and turbocharged three-cylinder, two-cycle inverted cylinder diesel puts out 120 hp. […]

In an industry built on superlatives there can only be one fastest, and Mooney’s recently certified Type S model now holds the crown as the fastest production single. It’ll do 242 knots at 25,000 feet and it doesn’t use extra power to get to those lofty numbers. “There have been a lot of subtle enhancements,” […]

For the sport flyer who enjoys local fun flights and $100 hamburgers, Electraflyer’s new battery-powered airplane may be just right — and with no fuel to burn, it can cut the cost of that hamburger down to about 60 cents. That’s how much it costs to fully charge the lithium-polymer battery pack, says Randall Fishman, […]

Legendary pilot Dick Rutan stars in the first volume of the Aviator Series training videos, a new project by Fly Right Films. “Dick tells such great stories, and we use those as a starting point to teach the viewer about safe flying techniques,” producer Chris Jules told AVweb at Sun ‘n Fun on Saturday. In […]

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 […]