The Panthera (also retract) comes standard with a chute. Now if that plane also could have FIKI and decent load carrying capability... that would be interesting... Lot's of people trash the Vision Jet for various reasons, but this again is a case study of "the market has spoken". They have...

Vision Jet has CAPS, and retractable gear.

I do Colorado Mountain flying, and feel no need for a parachute--there is almost always a place to safely land, less damage to plane than parachute, so a good pilot will never need it. You pay a lot up front to buy, pay all the time for the dead weight towed around, pay more on annual inspections a...

Anyone placed an order / deposit in Europe?

Anyone out there...

the list will be a mile long, so probably a Dec 2022 delivery on a DA50 for those of us who don't want to have to enter the boxing ring to get one of the first. Is anyone aware of any DA50's pre-ordered here in the US as yet? While I love the DA products, I still struggle to see how the DA50 will b...

Tragic.

Anyone have any details on this one? RIP to the two individuals... sad to read this.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/07/us/india ... index.html

The plane was from Lift Academy, Montgomery Field

Once I was trying to get off at a particular taxiway and applied a little too much break. One wheel locked up for the briefed moment. I was shocked how much rubber came off the tire so had it replaced. So, don't lock it up!

Colin, I think you need to grab Wayne's video gear and go try that and post it!