One sure way to know if a show works is to observe vendor participation over a number of years.
September 8, 2023

In the rush of coverage of Vintage Ultralights and other late-breaking stories such as the Blackwing speed record, I had to set aside a few news items.
April 26, 2020

The weeklong celebration of flight known around the planet as “Oshkosh” is now history.
August 8, 2019

You have more privileges than you may know with your Light-Sport Aircraft.
July 28, 2018

The fourteenth running of the U.S. Sport Aviation Expo is history and if this is how the rest of the year goes, I predict a stronger year for LSA sales.
January 28, 2018

My video partner must be working around the clock as he prepared a blizzard of videos for release starting November 1st.
October 30, 2017

­Aerotrek has steadily risen from an unknown brand to the #9 position in the all-time-fleet market share.
June 24, 2017

The Marana Regional Airport, in Marana Arizona was the site of the first annual U.S.
May 11, 2017

Aerotrek supplies a popular and well-priced everything but, you know, having a nice airplane isn’t enough.
August 19, 2016

Aerotrek and their dual models — the A220 taildragger and the A240 trigear — have been an impressive performer in the market share race, steadily moving up our chart.
August 19, 2016

MIDWEST LSA EXPO 2012 — One of our series of many short videos from the fall show, this one on the Aerotrek A240.
August 19, 2016

Aerotrek is the new name for a pair of Special Light-Sport Aircraft, the tricycle gear A240 and the taildragger A220.
August 19, 2016

Media people (like me) flock to airshows looking for the new stories, new airplanes, new avionics, new company developments… whatever is new.
July 25, 2016

When this website went live a few months before the Sport Pilot & Light-Sport Aircraft rule was announced at Oshkosh 2004, it began life as an archive of several hundred pilot reports I had written for a number of print magazines in aviation.
September 18, 2015

The sixth annual Midwest LSA Expo just concluded. These LSA-only events offer a more intimate setting where you can speak at length with an aircraft or other product representative.
September 10, 2014

Not long ago, I posted about Kitfox tending to business and expressing regret that they chose to stay home in Idaho versus making the trip to the Sebring LSA Expo 2014.
February 22, 2014

You may have missed it. If so, this article provides another look at a LSA provider that I consider something of a “sleeper” … and if you do not know that term, it’s meant to be positive yet refer in this case to a company that does its thing well if somewhat quietly.
December 24, 2013

Our annual review of LSA Market Share brings our updated fleet chart and a second chart showing prior-year registrations.
February 9, 2013

Our roving British journalist, the always-entertaining Dave Unwin, reports on the UK’s LAA Rally event, giving ByDanJohnson.com readers a taste of light aviation in England.
September 13, 2012

We’ve been getting requests for market share information and I am happy to provide an update, thanks to my European associate Jan Fridrich who does the hard work of sifting through FAA’s database.
September 5, 2012

Aerotrek may be one of those “sleepers.” You know, the kind of company that does well, has few problems, and doesn’t need to make a lot of noise to be successful.
February 28, 2012

After a tough winter in most parts of the USA, spring evidently arrived early with 80-degree temperatures as far north as Minnesota… all before Sun ‘n Fun.
April 3, 2010

As the challenging year for aircraft sales grinds on, Light-Sport Aircraft continue to hold their own.
October 9, 2009

With one month to go (and it’s hard to imagine a big December), we have figures to report for this most extraordinary year.
December 12, 2008

This week we’ve heard of a couple price rollbacks based on the euro/dollar exchange rate favoring the dollar.
November 21, 2008

Lots of folks are wondering about, or complaining about, the seemingly high prices of Light-Sport Aircraft.
March 15, 2008

On September 1, 2004, when the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released the long-anticipated Sport Pilot and Light-Sport Aircraft regulations, a new aviation segment called light sport aircraft (LSA) was created.
February 15, 2008

Now we count 32 new Special Light-Sport Aircraft that have won certification…all within less than one year!
September 17, 2007

Odds are you’ve heard of LAMA, the Light Aircraft Manufacturers Association, founded in the earliest days of ultralights and gaining renewed importance in this era of Light-Sport Aircraft.
September 17, 2007

In a year of facilitating independent audits for Special Light-Sport Aircraft, LAMA, the Light Aircraft Manufacturers Association, completed reviews of six companies: IndUS (Thorpedo); Jihlavan (Kappa KP-5); Aeropro (EuroFox); Flight Design (CT); Czech Aircraft Works (SportCruiser, Mermaid, & Parrot); and Evektor (SportStar).
September 17, 2007

Repatriate means “to restore or return to the country of origin.” That’s exactly what’s happening with the Aeropro EuroFox, an Eastern European-built light-sport aircraft (LSA) based on American design work.
September 4, 2007

His Rollison Light Sport Aircraft (RLSA) company has been building a fleet of aircraft for sale from European sources.
September 4, 2007

EuroFox has remained one of the value price leaders among all 57 LSA models.
September 4, 2007