Dan Johnson

LAMA Chairman Emeritus

DAN JOHNSON has been called “the leading reviewer of light-sport aircraft.” He has evaluated more than 400 light aircraft in multiple aviation magazines and extensively online. A 5,500-hour Commercial, Instrument, Multi-Engine Pilot and former Certified Flight Instructor, Dan’s focus today is on Light-Sport Aircraft, light kit aircraft, and ultralight aircraft.

Promoting aviation for several decades, he is president of Dan Johnson Media Corp., publisher of the LSA and light kit-oriented website ByDanJohnson.com — becoming AffordableAviation.com. Since its launch in April, 2004, this outlet has become the world’s leading outlet for Light-Sport Aircraft information reaching most owners of the world’s 66,000+ LSA and LSA-like aircraft. Nearly 1,000 videos on YouTube cover aircraft and people in the light aircraft industry and are widely viewed around the world.

In March 2023, Dan sold his website to Flying Media group, publisher of Flying and Plane & Pilot magazines.

Dan served as a LAMA board member beginning in 2003 and was elected President and Chairman of the Board of Directors in 2006, filling this role through 2023. He also served on LSA’s F.37 Executive Committee for ASTM International for more than 15 years.

Honored by the LSA industry, Dan was inducted into the EAA Ultralight Hall of Fame in 2020 and into the Rogallo hang gliding Hall of Fame in 2017. Dan earned LAMA’s Outstanding Individual Award (2006); ASTM’s Outstanding Leadership Award (2003); the Society of Experimental Test Pilots’ Spirit of Flight Award (2001); and USUA’s Moody Award (1999).

Dan stepped down from his role as LAMA president at the end of December 2023, welcoming incoming president Scott Severen to the post.