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June 13, 2022

Oshkosh To Celebrate 40th Anniversary of Ultralight Part 103

A Once Promising Sport Aviation Segment May Yet Rise Again...

It seems like yesterday... standing among the crowd listening to the announcement of what Part 103 was actually go to be all about and how it might transform the once promising ultralight community... before it was all but destroyed by bad media and industry neglect. The 40th anniversary of the ultralight vehicle and Part 103 will be celebrated this summer at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2022. Federal Aviation Regulation (FAR) Part 103, which put regulations on ultralight vehicles effective October 4, 1982, marked the beginning of ultralights as we know them today.

Controller Reported That The Gyroplane Appeared To Enter A Spin During The Descent

On May 22, 2022, about 0803 central daylight time, an experimental amateur-built M24 Orion Plus gyroplane, N590DM, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Cape Girardeau, Missouri. The private pilot was fatally injured. The gyroplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. A witness reported that the pilot was ferrying the gyroplane to his home in South Dakota on a crosscountry flight and had planned a stopover at Cape Girardeau Regional Airport (CGI).