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Following what they say was a year-long public Market Survey effort, CubCrafters has officially decided to certify and offer a nose wheel option for its Part 23 certified aircraft, the CC-19 XCub. The company also notes that hundreds of hours of real-world use by a variety of pilots of varying skill levels during the Market Survey phase led to many design improvements that wouldn’t otherwise have been possible in an internal-only development setting. With a robust trailing-link nosewheel assembly and

Aero Linx: Canadian Aerial Applicators Association Safety. Efficiency. Education. The primary objective of the CAAA is to promote safety and education amongst its participating members. The CAAA works with federal and provincial government agencies to design policies that are fair and equitable and, above all, that protect both rural customers and urban dwellers. The CAAA advises regulatory agencies on matters pertaining to the safe and efficient aerial application of pesticides and other crop inputs.

Abbreviated IFR Flight Plans An authorization by ATC requiring pilots to submit only that information needed for the purpose of ATC. It includes only a small portion of the usual IFR flight plan information. In certain instances, this may be only aircraft identification, location, and pilot request. Other information may be requested if needed by ATC for separation/control purposes. It is frequently used by aircraft which are airborne and desire an instrument approach or by aircraft which are on the ground and desire a climb to VFR-on-top.

"The NTSB report is pretty damning... but when you go over all the notes and evidentiary data in a few dozen online files, you find other things to worry about. Why did the pilot state that the accident took place on the first take-off, when it plainly didn't? There were a number of unsuccessful take-off attempts -- which should have clued the pilot onto the fact that there were issues in flying that day. 'The pilot-rated passenger said that it took four takeoff attempts to get airborne and that the airplane felt very sluggish and acted as if it did not want to come off the water.' The passenger stated the pilot said that there was adequate useful load when the findings show otherwise. The Icon A5 is a heavy bird and has little useful load to mess with, and the company pilo