Highlighted By Significant Interest In Sport Pilot
Initiative
Preliminary figures from the Thirty-Second Annual COPPERSTATE
Regional EAA Fly-In, held October 7 through 10 at the Phoenix
Regional Airport (A39) near Maricopa (AZ), portend a bright future
for sport aviation. Initial indications are that the new Sport
Pilot/Light Sport Aircraft (SP/LSA) rules, in effect since only
September 1, have stimulated a renewed interest in sport and
recreational aviation for many potential pilots.
Lightly Attended, The Event None-The-Less Shows Promise
Sebring, Florida, has just finished hosting the first Sport
Pilot-Centric public event dedicated solely to that (hopefully)
burgeoning market. Well-organized and laid-out, the event appears
to have a lot going for it… if people start attending in
better numbers than were seen at the inaugural outing.
They Defend Experimental Aviation In Wake Of Fatal Mishap
Homebuilt aircraft date back to the very first plane, built by
Orville and Wilbur Wright. That's the word from pilots in Fitchburg
(MA), on the heels of a fatal accident involving a homebuilt Zenith
aircraft last week. Pilot Charles Schwartz was killed when the
aircraft plowed into a machine shop near the airport on
Tuesday.
The Red Baron Pizza Squadron celebrates its 25th year in 2004,
making it the oldest civilian air show team in aviation. Speaking
for his teammates, Jim Keller, Travis Aukes and Erick Nodland, Jeff
Randall told a newspaper in Clayton County (GA) over the weekend,
"Every day is fun on this job."
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