Steve Ashby
Steve Ashby is a sometime lawyer and full-time aviation aficionado from Atlanta, Georgia. He learned to fly in 1980 and has adopted a 1968 Skyhawk (your Grandma could fly it). Steve is also working on a Van's RV-8A which he swears will be completed on (a) Thursday.
Aircraft Specialty Flightlines Debuts at AirVenture
When industrial hydraulic lines technician Tom Swearengen was fabricating fluid lines for companies operating big manufacturing machines in Beaufort, South Carolina years ago, little...
Homebuilder Flies RV-9A from Wisconsin to Rio
When Guil Barros finished his beautiful RV-9A in 2018, he naturally brought it to AirVenture the first chance he got. Continental Motors took one...
Airbus Partners with TangoFlight to Build RV-12s and Mentor Students
Airline industry giant, Airbus Americas, Inc. has been partnering with aviation curriculum non-profit TangoFlight to build Van's RV-12 aircraft and to build the lives...
Van’s Aircraft Responds to COVID-19 Challenges
Greg Hughes Rian Johnson presented their frank assessment of the company’s response to cataclysmic changes over the past two years.
Van’s Redesigns FAB Airbox for Carbureted Models
Rian Johnson, President and Chief Technical Officer at Van’s Aircraft, is a hands-on kind of leader. Not many people know it, but Rian build...
Resurrected Helicycle Appears at AirVenture
The Helicycle is back and a New Mexico company is selling kits.
JK-2 Nano Gyrocopter Debuts at AirVenture
Fusion Copters of Warsaw, Poland debuted its single seat carbon fiber gyroplane at AirVenture this year. Midwest distributor, Jeffrey Boyd, is displaying the sleek...
A Blazin’ Paint Job
Brian Eldridge first flew his newly completed RV-8 just last February. His arrival today at AirVenture was, to say the least, colorful. Not only...
LaSures Has Closed
Say it ain’t so. LaSures restaurant, THE place to meet for breakfast, has closed.
Tears are streaking down the chubby cheeks of countless homebuilt campers...
Pilot Who Can’t Hold Down a Job Comes to AirVenture
Consider the plight of RV-8A pilot Tim Fitzpatrick. He began his aviation career as an air traffic controller in the U.S. Marine Corps. With...
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Spackling Paste? Wow!I commend Vince Homer for his exhaustive study of spackling paste as...
