Wing-Heating System for High-Performance Kit Aircraft
If your kit is meant to fly high and fast, and especially if you’ve designed the machine to fly well in the clouds, then...
Up, Up and Away
Not all that flies at Sun 'n Fun roars like a radial, buzzes like a hornet or spews smoke during low passes. The traditional...
Continuing Evolution, Corvair Style
I finally got a chance on Friday to catch up with William Wynne of FlyCorvair.com to see if there had been much in the...
You Don't Need A Wing If Your Ship's Got That Swing…
Sun 'n Fun's Chopper Town provided a graphic reminder Friday that you don't need a wing if your ship's got that swing, as a...
The Heroes of Sun 'n Fun
Who are the true heroes of Sun 'n Fun? Are they the airshow performers, putting their lives on the line to entertain and thrill...
TCW Technologies Introduces Intelligent Flap Controller
VFE. Do you know what it is? That’s the maximum speed at which it is safe to deploy the flaps on your airplane. You...
VistaNAV 3.0 Supports New Hardware and Tricks
The latest version of portable synthetic vision software manufacturer Mercury Computer System’s VistaNAV comes with some pretty cool tricks. First, the program, in version...
And Now for Something Completely Different
One of the great aspects of events like Sun 'n Fun is the frequency with which something new shows up. It's unusual for those...
Something Old, Something New
It's probably just human nature that ogling what's new occupies so much of the attention of so many people so much of the time...
Paradise City: The Few, The Proud, The Very Light
Ahhh, yesss! Paradise City as it used to be, as it should be. Thanks to days of drier weather, smooth winds, blue skies and...
In Case You Missed It
Reinventing the Wheel
Do you really need to spend your time coming up with a better solution when the one provided is more than good enough?
Light Stuff
Columnist Dave Martin flies one of the best-selling Special Light Sport Aircraft (factory-built), the Flight Design CTSW. Although he encounters a few surprises, transition training for pilots new to the design would likely alleviate such things.