Light Flight

A book giveaway by the Chronicle’s science blogger — Eric Berger — got me thinking about what it would take to fly an ultralight on Mars. I even traded a few barbs with a fellow contestant — …

One of the main attractions of flying ultralights is they are low-cost, compared to flying their bigger cousins. And so it would seem that lower-cost ultralight friendly Christmas gifts would be …

I’ll admit it, this is pretty esoteric for a general-public blog, but, what the hay! Following is one fellows strategy for dealing with the short life of the typical ultralight 2-stroke engine. He …

Here’s a summary from Arty Trost, who lives in Oregon, on her cost of getting set up to fly LSAs as a Sport Pilot. My comments are in square brackets [ ] …. Keep in mind that she is an accomplished …

On my way back from San Diego — after seeing my elder son graduate from Marine Corps boot camp — I sat in the window seat and snapped all kinds of photos from a Southwest Airlines flight at 36,000 …

The other notable amphibian that is a Light Sport Aircraft and can be purchased as a fly-away model is the Czech Aircraft Works Mermaid. Rather than composite materials, it uses a more traditional …

A Spanish developed seaplane — the Freedom — has just been certified as a fly-away LSA-compliant aircraft. Having once owned an experimental seaplane, this kind of thing interests me a lot. The main …

My apologies to my readers… it’s been a busy month. I just got back from San Diego where I picked up my elder son who just became a U.S. Marine… blogs will continue shortly… Semper Fi …

Bob Comperini, a long-time UL pilot, instructor and advocate, who has transitioned to the Sport Pilot/Light Sport Aircraft (SP/LSA) categories as both a pilot and instructor, was recently asked if he …

I ran across this today… live Air Traffic Control (ATC) feeds — LiveATC.com. If you are a wanna-be pilot, a UL pilot without any experience with radio work, or just a regular pilot who doesn’t get …