Amy Laboda
Aerospoiler System Foils Storm Damage
Tim Tuinder knows about hurricanes. He and his wife, Sharon, run a missionary air service, Harvest Air, out of Puerto Rico, supporting orphanages in...
InDUS Aviation Announces Diesel LSA
The folks at InDUS Aviation, manufacturers of the Thorpedo Light Sport Aircraft and kit have done it again. The Thorpedo was the first new...
InDUS Aviation Announces Diesel LSA
The folks at InDUS Aviation, manufacturers of the Thorpedo Light Sport Aircraft and kit have done it again. The Thorpedo was the first new LSA on the market several years ago, and today the company is proud to show off a Thorpedo that sips Jet A. Yes, you read that right. This LSA has a Wilksch WAM diesel engine under the cowling.You can watch a video of the aircraft starting up with the engine here:…
Sporty’s Takes Learning to the Web
Sporty’s Pilot Shop is known for its innovation in flight instruction materials. But it’s common knowledge that earning your pilot certificate is simply a...
Celier Aviation Xenon Shines in Chopper Town
It’s taxicab yellow and bulbous on the bottom, but when Mike Bantum fires up the turbocharged intercooled Rotax 912 on the Celier Xenon gyroplane,...
Scheme Designers Goes 3-D
Craig Barnett, principal of Scheme Designers, which creates unique paint schemes for aircraft of all makes and models, is beaming like a proud parent....
Trio Avionics’ EZ Pilot: Built for Safety
It is not that other autopilots are unsafe, but the EZ Pilot products, an autopilot and an altitude select/hold servo (two independent units) are...
Aspen Avionics' Retrofittable Evolution PFD
Are you a person flying a round-dial airplane in a flat-panel world? Did you start your kit airplane with traditional gyros, only to find...
Amy's RV-10: Just Rewards
I knew it would run eventually; I just didn't know when. I thought that the leaking right fuel tank would slow our RV-10 build...
Amy's RV-10: Is This Builder's Remorse?
Was he just contemplating his work, I wondered, as I walked toward my husband, who was sitting catatonic in a green plastic chair in...