Guest: Alissa Daniel Viking Aircraft Engines is a family run grassroots company based in Florida. Alissa talks with us about being a community, a little about what Viking is doing, and her new project: learning to fly. How dedicated is Alissa to Viking? Fur in Florida dedicated. Evadot Podcast #115 - Alissa from Viking Host: Michael... Continue Reading →
Adding to the virtual airplane workshop stuff from earlier today, there are some Sonex folks who are mourning the Sonex Fly in being cancelled. The decided to do their best to do it online. Sure, it wont be quite the same, but a community is a community and they should be together whatever way they... Continue Reading →
Sonex aircraft introduced an affordable (everything is relative) single seat jet a few years ago. Just this week they've announced a 2 place version of the same model. Expected completed cost is around $140k. While mostly impractical, it's hard to argue that this thing wont be at least as much fun as the single seat... Continue Reading →
Viking has a new engine they are promoting the 90HP Category. Pretty interesting and comes in at 150 pounds and $9,995.00. Lighter airplanes need more options and this could be a good fit for yours. Find out more here and here and here. Featured Image credit: Alissa's Instagram 🙂 Putting the final touches on choosing an... Continue Reading →
Every couple years a new plane is started, built, inspected and flown in a single week at Airventure. This year it will be a Vans RV-12iS. Attendees and volunteers will start construction on the openening day, July 23rd and hope to have it completed by July 29th. Even if you can't attend and help assemble... Continue Reading →
One of the best things about ADS-B besides the location of other aircraft in your cockpit is the weather data. Starting this month, the FAA is adding new services to the FIS-B Broadcasts: Lightning Turbulence Icing Cloud Tops Graphical AIRMET Center Weather Advisory Assuming your software supports this (check with you manufacturer), you don't have... Continue Reading →
Photo Credit: Sebastien Heintz One of my favorite organizations, Able Flight, was featured on the SimpleFlight podcast this week. If you're feeling bombarded with bad news, don't fret, there are millions of positive stories and this is one worth taking a few minutes to follow. Take a listen and subscribe to that podcast. All the... Continue Reading →
I missed this since I was camping at Airventure last week (trip report is coming!). This has been a struggle to get this technology off the ground, and it's advantages are under debate, but the technology is very interesting if you can try and see a long term vision for it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwgEMTtElSY
CEO Sebastien brings kit building aircraft to a hungry market. His company Zenith Aircraft has been making easy to build kits for over 25 years.
Full disclosure: The host is building a Zenith 750 Cruzer. No favors were exchanged and we tried to be honest about any bias
I've been using X-Plane for years and now even considering it in our Avionics design and testing. It's also excellent for armchair flying or as a re-enforcer when learning to fly real airplanes. I used it very effectively to re-fly and visualize maneuvers both before and after flight lessons. Version 11 has been in the... Continue Reading →
