Located in Torrance, California, The Airplane Factory is the exclusive distributor for the Sling aircraft line in the USA, Canada, and Mexico. The South African company is run in the USA by Matt Liknaitzky, who holds many ratings; this includes being one of the early FAA Designated Pilot Examiners... read more...
In 1999, John “Chip” Allen founded SWT Aviation in Georgia. Chip is a licensed commercial pilot and aircraft owner, and SWT is the distributor for the CubCrafters line of aircraft in the southeastern USA. I’ve always thought that these planes looked like they had a happy smile on their... read more...
Formed in 1992 in Mexico, Missouri, ZENITH AIRCRAFT CO has the exclusive rights to manufacture the Zenair kit arcracft lines, originally developed by Chris Heintz. These aircraft have won awards going as far back as 1974! Led by SEBASTIEN HEINTZ, Zenith holds frequent workshops in order to help builders,... read more...
In 1990, Bill Canino and his team at SportAirUSA began serving the needs of the recreational aviation community as an FAA-certified Repair Station, and in 2007 began their support of LAMA. Bill is the US distributor for the Zlin Aviation Savage and the Corsair 103 lines of aircraft, as... read more...
Since 1965, Aircraft Spruce has been supplying the aviation world with the parts needed for recreational pilots to keep their planes airworthy. Begun by Flo and Bob Irwin as Fullerton Air Parts in 1956, the Irwins sold Fullerton and created Aircraft Spruce in 1965. They have since expanded from... read more...
BRP-Rotax GmbH & Co KG was begun in 1906 – that’s well over 100 years now of producing products to improve various sports, beginning with the humble bicycle and now manufacturing top-of-the-line engines! Rotax continues to pursue research into improvements as technology races ahead, ensuring that the company will... read more...
MagniFlight, located on the beautiful Gulf Coast, is headed by Mark Sprigg, who is a US dealer and instructor for the popular Magni Gyros of Italy. Mark is a CFI and a DPE, and can get you this awesome line of gyros, which come as a 51% owner-built kit.... read more...
A&M Airsports Ltd, headed by Mike Hudetz, has been providing weight shift control trike instruction and sales to the greater Chicago, IL, area since 1997. Mike has hundreds of hours in Cessnas and Hughes helicopters as well as his years of trike experience. A&M also hosts the popular Pre-Osh... read more...
RADU BERCEANU, of AVI SRL, has created a good-looking ultralight, and is now adding a LSA version. The SWAN, produced in Romania, complies with the Part 103 regulations in the USA and is compliant with the regulations in several other European countries as well. The website for this sleek... read more...
Founded in 2006, Terrafugia, led by Kevin Colburn, has big plans to bring the future into being. This innovative company is working with Volvo and Lotus Cars to develop what everyone who has ever been stuck in traffic dreams of – a road-worthy aircraft! This vehicle has gone through... read more...