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DA-20 returning to Service NEXT WEEK!

Jake — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:43:33 +0000

Finally some good news….We are sending Mike to go pick up our Da-20 Eclipse (Katana) airplane tomorrow (Thursday). We should be back in business on Monday of next week. So those that have been waiting for this plane to return, to either finish your private license, start or work towards your instrument or just to rent and have some fun, give me a call. We are excited to have it back in service.

On another note, the Outback 2 Light Sport Airplane is down for it’s annual inspection. That might take a week or two.

Still Here

Jake — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:15:11 +0000

I realize I haven’t been very active in keeping this blog updated, so I am going to try and do better. The only problem I have is that there aren’t really any good updates at the moment. Hopefully soon though. The Latest is that we sold our SparrowHawk that we have had on our site to Tony from Texas. He also had us order him an awesome decked out Trailer. I think he will really enjoy this machine.

That does leave us without a training machine for a while to we figure out something else. So the best option for training is if you have your own two place machine, Mike is willing to travel to train you at your place.

The best recent news is that Nate is getting Married on Saturday! We are all excited for him.

Outback Videos

Jake — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:35:30 +0000

Howard Hughes has been hard at work over in Australia with the Outback airplanes. He has also been making some informative videos for us to enjoy and to help us understand the quality and thought that is put into the manufacturing of these airplanes. So here are some of the videos:

Outback Inflight Adjustable Prop

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQuUWm3aNE8

Australian Lightwing Factory Tour

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qK3r55ZCge0

Outback 4 Airplane

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yl7v-zOBUFg

Sportcopter 2 Update!

Jake — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:14:59 +0000

So here is an update on the progress of the Sportcopter 2. The Lycoming engine version of the Sportcopter 2 has not yet been flight tested, but I know the subaru prototype SC2 has been torn down and is currently being put back together with they new engine and new cowling. The biggest challenge for creating the cowling for the new engine is that we went from a water cooled to an air-cooled engine. This wouldn’t have been a problem other than we have some really nice aerodynamic cowling over the engine which restricts the airflow to the engine. So Jim Vanek had to redesign the cowling to provide the necessary air for the engine to have optimal performance.

While they are getting the prototype ready to go, the guys at the Sportcopter factory are also making good progress on getting a couple of the first production Sportcopters together. I have a bunch of pictures that will show you some of the progress. The machines are looking great and we are grateful for our awesome customers who have been very patient. Your patience will pay off.

The Sportcopter 2 is strong!

These foot pedals are slick

Different stages of the Sportcopter 2

I will try to get some more pictures to show you even more soon.