The extensive smoke from the fires in northern California had dissipated enough to make the annual airshow at the Lake Tahoe Airport (KTVL) worth going to. Normally a small event, the smoke did not inhibit the performers or intimidate drive-to attendance. It did, however, have the effect of making the ramp area look more like [...]

On Saturday, June 21 some 8000 people decided it was a perfect day for an airshow in Northern California, and they all came to San Carlos KSQL just 15 miles from San Francisco. The event is called Vertical Challenge, and it’s unusual primarily for the aircraft: They’re all vertical takeoff and landing types. This is [...]

American Legend Aircraft Company has announced that the company will offer $5000 cash back on its popular Legend Cub certified Light Sport Aircraft with orders placed before the close of AirVenture Oshkosh 2008, which runs July 28 to August 3. With the $5000 rebate applied, a new Legend Cub AL3 (open-cowl model) can be acquired [...]

Lance Turk, former president of Vision Microsystems, has accepted the position of director of product development at JP Instruments. Turk brings extensive experience in the field of microcomputer-based instrumentation and business development to the position and, says JPI President Joe Polizzotto, “We now have a truly merged Vision Microsystems. Lance’s experience and enthusiasm will be [...]

Flightline AC, Inc., working in conjunction with Vertical Power, now offers an advanced automatic climate control system (CCS) for Experimental aircraft. The CCS was a natural to work with the VP-200 solid-state electrical system, says Marc Ausman, president of Vertical Power. Flightline AC provides air conditioning systems to owners of advanced aircraft such as Lancair, [...]

Vx Aviation of Vancouver, British Columbia, has announced three products for non-certified aircraft that add capability, reduce cost and potentially simplify audio system installation. They are the AMX-2A 10-channel audio mixer, the ASX-2A stereo headphone music amplifier and the AL-1A tone annunciator. The AMX-2A ($145) manages all voice communications, tone annunciators, alarms and miscellaneous audio. [...]

American Legend Aircraft and Texas Sport Aircraft, manufacturers of the certified Legend Cub LSA and the Texas Sport kit aircraft, announced that the company has recently certified and approved a new 72-inch Sensenich prop for the airplanes that will increase cruise performance by as much as 10 mph; during testing, the Sensenich allowed for a [...]

When we last visited Rick Lindstrom and Len (Ace) Rodriguez, they had just trucked their new (used) fast-track GlaStar project to its new home in Livermore, California. Admittedly, it took awhile for them to roll up their collective sleeves and fully contemplate just what they had done, but they eventually carved out a bit of [...]