New models range from single seaters to four-place planes Dan Johnson, president of the Light Aircraft Manufacturers Association, is an expert on Light Sport Aircraft. An amazing thing happened on the way to AERO 2011, Europe’s very popular show in... Continue Reading →

Dan Johnson, president of the Light Aircraft Manufacturers Association, is an expert on Light Sport Aircraft. While the Continental O-200 engine — used in several LSA — attains Chinese ownership, Lycoming appears to be making a stronger push to enlist... Continue Reading →

Professional sports created the term “double header” to refer to two games played back to back. For the most part in aviation, show producers work hard to secure a part of the calendar where they don’t compete with other shows. Continue Reading →

Dan Johnson, president of the Light Aircraft Manufacturers Association, is an expert on Light Sport Aircraft. One of the “diamonds in the rough” of the LSA movement has been the kit LSA or Experimental LSA or simply ELSA. For the... Continue Reading →

Dan Johnson, president of the Light Aircraft Manufacturers Association, is an expert on Light Sport Aircraft. First off, a correction: Though I took the proposed renaming of PiperSport to “SuperCruiser” directly from a Czech Sport Aircraft (CSA) news release, the... Continue Reading →

Dan Johnson, president of the Light Aircraft Manufacturers Association, is an expert on Light Sport Aircraft. If you’ll pardon a little fun in my title, I’m pleased to offer a report from Chairman Bob Woods on the seventh running of... Continue Reading →

Dan Johnson, president of the Light Aircraft Manufacturers Association, is an expert on Light Sport Aircraft. In the world of recreational flying — that portion of aviation that does NOT deal with transportation as a core activity — the Sun... Continue Reading →

Dan Johnson, president of the Light Aircraft Manufacturers Association, is an expert on Light Sport Aircraft. Progressive Aerodyne and its popular SeaRey amphibian represent a current-day success sufficient to generate envy in most airframe sellers. Consider these results: The company... Continue Reading →

Dan Johnson, president of the Light Aircraft Manufacturers Association, is an expert on Light Sport Aircraft. In my rounds with videographer Dave Loveman at last month’s U.S. Sport Aviation Expo in Sebring, Fla., to shoot more LSA videos, we uncovered... Continue Reading →

Dan Johnson, president of the Light Aircraft Manufacturers Association, is an expert on Light Sport Aircraft. You just have to marvel how a dynamic new industry unfolds. No matter your level of expertise, no one can foretell the future of... Continue Reading →