AirVenture just isn’t complete without a golf cart ride down to the Ultralight area for a visit with the principals of Aircraft Specialty/TS Flight lines – Steve and Tom.
Tom Swearingen has been making hose assemblies for homebuilders for quite a few years now and is well known for quality custom work done very fast – I have had hoses made and shipped in twelve hours that arrived two days later! And that’s not just “journalist service” – most everyone sings the praises of Tom’s speedy work. He specializes in one-off, unique configurations, building custom hose ends as well as making hose assemblies to custom lengths- and since he is well-versed in the kit planes of today, he has all the specifications for the most popular configurations, saving the builder the work of researching sizes and lengths for many stock builds.
We’ve got no questions about where we go for hoses -but we still don’t understand why e makes us trek all the way to Ultralights to visit. Then again….a trip to the South 40 is always good for airplane watching at least once during the show, so hustle on down and say hi to the guys!
