EAA’s AirVenture 2008 offers much to all who are interested in aviation; however, after a few days of wandering the grounds, I began to get a sense of what might be missing, and it is significant. Although EAA has made a laudable effort during these financially challenging times to demonstrate that the point of entry [...]
SMA, part of the SAFRAN Group, announced today that its diesel-burning engines are currently available in the new Maule M9, as well as for the Experimental Pulsar S300. The company is selling the engine to individual owners of other certified and non-certified aircraft (including the Piper Dakota and Cessna 182 and 206). The SR 305-230 [...]
If there is anything I’ve learned this year, it is this: The aviation stuff we do can be a little pricey. We’ve been breaking in an engine on a new airplane this past spring, and the fuel bill just arrived the other day. I sat down to read it. Good thing, because the number inside [...]
