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LeRoy Cook’s Tour: Tempting Tidbits

I must confess to being torn between twin folding-wing temptations. Should I get on the Early Adopter list for the Terrafugia roadable airplane or the Icon A5 amphibious LSA? In the presence of the respective pitchmen, I can almost be persuaded. However, a third dilemma now presents itself in the form of a proposed flying [...]

In the Pattern Over EAA AirVenture 2009

Sitting in front of your computer thinking how awesome it would be if you could at least get up in the air for a few minutes and fly around the patch at Oshkosh? We feel ya — and that’s why we strapped on some cameras for this bonus video, which gives you an aerial tour [...]

Maxwell Propulsion Upgrades Its Four-Cylinder Options

Thanks to a stroke increase bumping the four-cylinder, single-overhead-cam Subaru engine’s displacement to 2.6 liters, the current iteration of the Maxwell Propulsion firewall-forward package now produces 205 horsepower. For essentially the same weight as the previous, 165-hp setup, the new “stroker” engine should improve performance of the Glastar Sportsman airframe that is the company’s development [...]