Light Flight

I had a nice flight on Sunday with my friend, Jimmy Young. Jimmy had a mishap and pranged his Firestar. Luckily he didn’t prange himself! His cage is being worked on to correct various bent tubes, but …

The final step of putting the patch on the wing was, of course, to paint. Matching the colors and the paint scheme is important because, well, I don’t want the patch to look like a patch! With the …

Earlier this month a NASA-funded General Aviation Technology (GAT) Challenge took place in Santa Rosa, California. Interestingly, 4 of the 5 aircraft entered were Light Sport Aircraft (LSA). Paramount …

Now that the patch is in place, and all the UV undercoating has been sprayed on, the “only” thing left to do is to paint it. First though, it’s always a good idea to start with a “base white” color, …

Keep moving forward! I’ve ordered the 3 paint colors I need: Insignia White, Ag Cat Yellow, and Santa Fe Red… don’t those sound really nice? Well, they do look nice, and while it’s not what I would …

Up to this point in my long and illustrious aviation hobby, I’ve never had to make a significant repair to fabric. You know, fabric… the stuff that covers the wings, fuselage and empanage of an …

This was not a good day… When I got up at 9am, the forecast said the morning might see a few scattered showers, but the afternoon would be CLEAR. So, I moved my plane out of the hangar to free up …

I came across this site — “Over The Airwaves” — this morning and found that, although GA-centric, it offers good advice for all pilots. Mr. Miller, the website’s author, starts off the July 2008 …

Back in March, I posted an entry about electric flight. I related that a French group had come up with the world’s first fixed-wing electric aircraft. Well, now an American has done it! Randall …

A friend of mine has a Kolb Firestar II, and he recently had an engine-out with his Rotax 503. He was lucky and skilled enough to land the plane with no damage at all, but the experience turned him …