by Ed Leineweber A New Year brings the opportunity for new beginnings. So it will be with my regular Midwest Flyer Magazine column, which will henceforth broaden its focus beyond Sport…
Tag: Sport Pilot/Grassroot/Recreational Flying
More New FAA Legal Interpretations Roil S-LSA Community
by Ed Leineweber Sometimes revolutionary innovation takes awhile to take hold, and then only after a series of fits and starts. So it might be with the system envisioned in…
AOPA Summit 2011… Learning From The Past, Looking To The Future
by Jack Elliott Schapiro HARTFORD, CONN. – Those who believe the old adage that you can’t mix business and pleasure are obviously not AOPA members, who have attended one of…
Rotax 912 Series Engine Operation & Maintenance Concerns: An Interview With Brian Meyerhofer of Leading Edge Air Foils
by Ed Leineweber For longtime Lycoming and Continental aircraft engine flyers like me, one of the most surprising stories to come out of the Sport Pilot/Light Sport Aircraft movement is…
Light Sport Aviation Accidents Grow In Six Categories… Pilot Presentations To Focus On LSA Safety
by Ed Leineweber According to the FAA, although the accident/incident rate for sport pilots remains very close to the overall rate for general aviation operations under Part 91, incident and…