Whoo, Hoo! It’s almost showtime! April 2023 seems destined to finally overcome all the Covid baggage as attendees sign up in droves for Sun ‘n Fun.
March 13, 2023

My moment of truth is fast approaching. Will I succeed or fail to predict the future?
April 28, 2022

Did you read “Jet Access” and think this article was not for you?
March 31, 2022

One of the controversies surrounding Light-Sport Aircraft has to do with that first word: “light.” Early on, one aircraft importer lobbied to remove the word as it was negatively viewed, he believed.
May 15, 2019

Forever, Evektor will remain the very first Special Light-Sport Aircraft approved by the FAA, beating Flight Design’s CT series by a small margin.
February 27, 2018

Sometimes I am told I have the best job in the world.
December 3, 2017

We spent the first day of the second year of this event zooming around DeLand Showcase 2017 shooting several videos for you and I have a sample MiniVideo for you to view.
November 2, 2017

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

First on the market way back in 2005 was the Evektor SportStar.
January 30, 2017

Almost every year at AirVenture Oshkosh, some pilot or team of pilots performs some sky writing, that is, trailing smoke while flying precisely enough that you can read what they are writing from the ground.
January 3, 2017

Evektor’s SportStar was the very first to win Special LSA approval and the company since established a long tradition of constantly updating the design (see all our coverage to follow this).
August 19, 2016

Evektor is, was, and always will be the very first Special LSA to earn an FAA airworthiness certificate in the United States.
August 19, 2016

Evektor has adhered closely to a principle called CANI… Continuous and Never Ending Improvement.
August 19, 2016

Evektor, the first ever Light-Sport Aircraft has been busy updating their Sportstar for years.
August 19, 2016

FULL-LENGTH VIDEO PILOT REPORT — After well over 100 shorter-length video reports on Light-Sport Aircraft and other Sport Pilot-eligible flying machines, Dan Johnson and the Light Sport and Ultralight Flyer are pleased to offer our first full-length pilot report.
August 19, 2016

At the 2010 Midwest LSA Expo we did something new. We picked several aircraft of a similar description and pointed out their similarities and differences.
August 19, 2016

Without changing the model designation — it’s always been the Sportstar — Evektor has steadily evolved their all-metal low-wing aircraft.
August 19, 2016

Evektor is the No. 1 brand in the LSA fleet, and it earns that title by being number one to earn SLSA approval back in April 2005.
August 19, 2016

American readers of ByDanJohnson.com may be surprised to hear that more than a third of all visitors are from outside the United States.
November 18, 2015

Much of what we hear and know about airplane populations is centered on America.
September 26, 2014

The very first aircraft ever to receive approval in the USA as a Light-Sport Aircraft is Evektor-Aerotechnik’s SportStar.
July 23, 2014

The Great Recession was the pits … for nearly all industries and most employees or small business owners.
March 17, 2014

The rush is on — hardly a surprise to anyone these days — regarding China’s emergence into general or recreational aviation.
December 2, 2013

This article follows up on an earlier one about Guy Reynolds.
December 1, 2012

On November 30th, Guy Reynolds will celebrate his 100th birthday by taking a flight in Light-Sport Aircraft.
November 20, 2012

Video info and entertainment is burgeoning these days. YouTube has become one of most-visited Internet websites; you can watch videos on subjects of every conceivable description (plus many you could not have conceived).
December 4, 2011

Evektor will always be First… that is, the Czech company gained the very first Special Light-Sport Aircraft approval back in April 2005 and no one can ever take that first-in-class title away from them.
July 13, 2011

Knocking around the ‘Net looking for signs that Light Sport is alive and well… *** Michael Combs is nearing the end of his 19,000 mile odyssey — what a vision.
August 27, 2010

Evektor USA’s main man Jim Lee took me up for an enjoyable float above the clouds today in the SportStar Max, the top-line evolution of the SportStar which won the first ASTM SLSA designation back at the beginning of the category.
February 2, 2010

Evektor’s SportStar became the first-ever Special Light-Sport Aircraft a little over four years ago, a distinction no one can ever take away from the Czech company.
June 21, 2009

Sun ‘n Fun 2008 is history, but planning is already underway for the 2009 event.
April 20, 2008

Within 24 hours of getting home from Sun ‘n Fun, several industry leaders including Evektor America’s Jeff Conrad, Flight Design USA’s Tom Peghiny, Jabiru USA’s Ed Ricks, and BRS parachute’s Gregg Ellsworth packed up and headed off to California.
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

At Oshkosh I took the chance to speak with several general aviation leaders — CEOs of top general aviation companies and presidents of leading membership organizations.
September 17, 2007

On the same field in the southeastern Czech Republic as used by Czech Aircraft Works is Evektor, builder of the #3-selling SportStar.
June 19, 2007

A month before Sun ‘n Fun helps to kick off the new year, I visited Embry Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) in Daytona Beach as the big aero school hosted dozens of universities at the National Training Aircraft Symposium.
March 22, 2007

Evektor America requested their Czech supplier, Evektor Aerotechnik to perform an engineering study of the design.
January 10, 2007

St. Charles Flying Service, based just outside the city of St.
September 27, 2006

Being first is often good in marketing, sports, or life in general, for that matter.
September 19, 2006

They’re already lining up out front though the party isn’t sure to happen.
February 13, 2004