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The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA), which has directly supported and promoted the upcoming sport pilot/light-sport aircraft rule as the biggest growth opportunity for general aviation in perhaps a half-century, today announced that the EAA Aircraft Insurance Plan is ready to serve both sport pilots and owners of light-sport aircraft.

Pacific AeroSport, LLC, at Arlington, Washington, has rolled out the first kit-built example of the Twister single seat aircraft. The Twister, designed by Silence Aircraft of Verl, Germany, and built by DG Flugzeugbau of Bruchsal, Germany, is to be sold in the USA and Canada in fast-build kit form by Pacific AeroSport, LLC. It is equipped with a BRS 1050 ballistic parachute recovery system, attached to a cockpit "safety cell" using technology borrowed from the Formula 1 racing world. The Twister's Jabiru 2200 engine, coupled with electrically retractable landing gear, will provide a 146-mile per hour cruise, with a very low fuel burn of only 3 gallons per hour.

Yup, These Guys Are All Wet...

The aviation world's fascination with amphibious aircraft knows no bounds... so it's always news when a cool new amphib shows up. The first amphibian to be designed especially to comply with the FAA's new Light Sport Aircraft rules has debuted this week. Designed and produced by CZECH AIRCRAFT WORKS (CZAW), the Lake Sport Amphibian is also the first new certified single-engine amphibian to reach production in decades.

New Grip Features Four-Way Coolie-Hat Style Switch For Two-Axis Trim

The Ray Allen Company, a California vendor who specializes on trim systems and control stick hardware for aircraft, has introduced a new stick grip with an enhanced trim control four-way switch at S-N-F 2004. The new stick grip, model G307, has four trim switches incorporated into a coolie hat switch, a faceplate slotted vertically and horizontally for two-axis trim, a PTT switch and two additional SPDT momentary contact pushbutton switches for functions such as auto pilot disconnect and transponder remote IDENT. The pushbutton switches can also be replaced with four different style toggle switches.