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2010 Fun to Fly Sweepstakes Blog
No-clamping zone
A good headset is a real plus in the cockpit. It protects your hearing and cuts down on the fatigue factor during any flight. On long trips, a comfortable, effective headset is a must. I muscled through my primary training with a cheap one that was probably just a little better than stuffing cotton in my [...]
Support for Rotax owners
If you’re flying an LSA, chances are pretty good it has a Rotax engine. And if you’re flying a Rotax engine, you’ll probably want to sign up for Rotax-Owner.com, a factory-authorized site. We found out about the site after we brought the Fun to Fly Remos to Frederick last November, and it has been a [...]
Snug as a bug
Just before we launched for Sebring, Florida, and 80-degree temperatures last month, the 2010 Fun to Fly Remos was outfitted with a new engine preheating system, courtesy Tanis Aircraft Products. (See “Baby, It’s Cold Outside,” February 2010 AOPA Pilot.) When the temps drop, you simply plug in the preheater (the plug can be reached through the [...]
More LSA fun in the Midwest
If you didn’t make it to Sebring, Florida, last week for the US Sport Expo, fear not: More LSA fun can be had in September. Simply point your airplane or car toward Southern Illinois. The Midwest LSA Expo will be held Sept. 23-25 at Mount Vernon Outland Airport (KMVN). Airport Director Chris Collins came up [...]
Sebring bound (On the road again, part III)
On a loooong cross-country like the one we flew from Maryland this week, it’s great to have a right-seater (particularly if he or she is also a pilot, and can share the flying with you). Our trip was enhanced with the addition of another airplane–another LSA, in fact. As I mentioned in my last blog post, [...]
On the road again, part 2
It wasn’t a hardship to put Maryland’s cold temperatures behind us for Florida’s warmth this week. Flying no higher than 4,500 feet for most of our route, we noticed that the snow which had blanketed the Northeast in December was still hanging on in many areas, even in southwestern Virginia. But by the time we landed [...]
On the road again, part 1
It seems like just a few weeks ago that I was flying up the East Coast in your 2010 Fun To Fly Sweepstakes Remos, bringing it to Frederick (KFDK) from Tampa, Fla. And this week I again found myself in the left seat flying from Maryland to Florida to show off the airplane at the [...]
There’s an airplane in my mall, part two
We saw a mini-wave of light sport aircraft popping up in malls around the country this past holiday season. Chesapeake Sport Pilot in Maryland put a Tecnam in an Annapolis mall; Air Orlando positioned a Remos inside a Florida mall, and US Aviation in Texas put their Remos at a Lewisville mall for an entire [...]
Levitating LSA
Today’s entry is from guest blogger Alyssa J. Miller, an instrument-rated private pilot currently working on the commercial rating. Alyssa is an editor for AOPA’s electronic publications.–Jill Tallman Any aircraft with a max gross weight of 1,320 pounds and a 100-horsepower engine is going to jump off the ground, but the handling characteristics of and sight [...]
Baby, it’s cold up there
I’m not cool, but my colleagues sure are. On Wednesday, Senior Editor Dave Hirschman and Photographer Chris Rose took their coolness factor to a whole new level, and they had the numb hands and feet to prove it. Senior Editor Alton Marsh and I flew a photo mission in the 2010 Fun To Fly Remos, and Hirschman [...]
The Fun to Fly Remos GX will crisscross North America in 2010. Look for it at these events: |
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| April 13-18, 2010 | Sun-n-Fun International Fly-Out & Expo | Lakeland, Fla. |
| July 26 - Aug. 1, 2010 | EAA AirVenture Oshkosh | Oshkosh, Wis. |
| Nov. 11-13, 2010 | AOPA Aviation Summit | Long Beach, Calif. |
| Future events will be added to this schedule as information becomes available. | ||
