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September 09, 2016

So Much For All Those California Jobs... Icon To Shift Composites Mfg To Mexico

Tijuana Plant Expected To Be Operating Early Next Year

Icon Aircraft will be shifting its composites fabrication to a plant to be built in Tijuana, Mexico early next year, according to reports in the Mexican media.

A Look Back At The Aero-Equivalent Of Burning Man, Woodstock, And An Old Fashioned Tent Revival—All Rolled Into One Week in Wisconsin

With Oshkosh all of a few weeks in the rear-view mirror, we come to a time when we TRY to evaluate what happened this year… in both positive and negative terms. We’ve tried a few variants on this report in the past… and some of them have worked better than others, but we’re going to try to present a group of shorter segments, as we move through a few general categories (Heroes, Regrets, Coolest Players, Coolest Moments, Aero-Bozos, Planes, Gadgets, Fan Favorites, etc…) so that we can try to make a proper report of the many high and low-points of AirVenture

New Solvency Plan For Flight Design Leading To Continued Production And Support Of Their Aircraft

When the sport pilot regulations were activated in 2004, one of the earliest aircraft to be brought in from the European market to fill the need for aircraft meeting the new light sport definition was a company out of Germany called Flight Design. Over the last several months we’ve been hearing about financial problems with the company, and here’s an update about what’s going on.