Mark Timney
Mark Timney, Ph.D., is a retired journalist and professor of journalism. He loves all light sport aircraft, especially gyros. If he isn’t flying or writing about flying he’s probably playing guitar with his band.
Silverlight Recon
The plane was just unveiled this week at Sun ‘n Fun, and ordering now can reportedly have you traveling to Zephyrhills Municipal Airport in Florida in four months to build it.
Flybreezy
Flybreezy, a company based in California, has a new product aimed at making battery charging less of an issue for pilot videographers.
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Susan BrunnerSusan spent seven years with her husband building their Lancair IV-P. Her administrative...
Vertical Power
This brand new power management system harnesses CPU power to eliminate the need for much of an aircrafts wiring by consolidating major electrical functions into a single box. It comprises three units: a display, controller module/panel housing and mag controller. Bundled into the setup are radios, instruments (including GPS, EFIS and engine monitoring) and lights. Each flight phase is broken down into the tasks normally performed manually by the pilot, and the VP-200 addresses them more or less automatically, while also providing override capability in the event of a system failure.
It’s Da Bom!
Levil Aviation’s BOM puts pitot-static, AHRS, GPS, ADS-B In, and its own power source right under your wing.