Look what just showed up on the cover of Sport Aviation Magazine!
May Sport Aviation
Look what just showed up on the cover of Sport Aviation Magazine!
May Sport Aviation
Very nice article.
Steve Wilson
Huntsville, UT
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Andy, thanks for the heads up.
Great article and photos of the Rotec equipped Kitfox 7 Super Sport written by non other than our very own Stein Bruch, President and CEO of SteinAir.
Nice write up Stein. Worthy of this beautiful award winning aircraft that totally captured the 2010 AirVenture crowd with its classic retro round engine look. Stein knows a thing or two about classic round engine aircraft having built several beautiful Mullicoupes.
Huge congrats to John, Deb and the entire staff including the "Arizona Skunk Works Division". This is a nice acknowledgment by EAA of one of the best selling kit aircraft designs in history. Kitfox Aircraft built a real show stopper in the Radial Kitfox. My one regret is that I didn't get a chance to fly it. After rapidly establishing its appeal, the next engine in the test queue, the Lycoming O-233, found its place on the front of that airframe and it too quickly proved another viable choice for builders. I did get to fly that iteration. I understand why it has been a big seller since its introduction. We'll soon see several 0-233 or IO-233 equipped 7's flying.
As you read in Stein's article, Kitfox is in the preliminary stages of investigating two new and recently well talked about engine choices. Kitfox's already extensive line up of factory supported firewall forward packages puts them at the forefront with the most engine choices for a given airframe ever. They truly are "The Most Builder Friendly" kit aircraft manufacturer in the World. Congrats again John and Deb.
DesertFox4
Admin.
7 Super Sport912 ULS Tri-gear
I was tickled pink when I saw the AirVenture 2010 "Dead Grass Champion" staring out at me from under some bills, two catalogs for geezer goodies and a Publishers Clearing House packet in today's mail. (Semper Hussy!)
The reasons for the steady interest and coverage of Kitfox over the years, demonstrated by Marc Cook of Kitplanes, is finally being recognized outside the experimental-builder-only community with recent front-cover billing by AOPA Pilot and now the flagship of EAA's publishing empire, Sport Aviation. It don't get no better 'n that! I'll even humbly suggest Aviation Week might wanna take a side trip to Homedale, Idaho for a look-see at a "primo" aircraft manufacturing operation that continues to improve its products and methods while captivating its customer base!
Congratulations to John, Debra, Judd, Clarissa, Mark, Renae, the whole Homedale crew and all those magical little "Skunk Workers" down here in Arid-Zona: You all richly deserve the recognition and accolades the aviation world is just starting to bestow. Taking a tip from Stein Bruch's excellent review, we'll all just have to wait for AirVenture 2012 to see what our favorite Home(dale) Team comes up with next!
I'm gonna go fill out that Publisher's Clearing House entry!
"E.T." & Dee
(John and Debra are such a neat couple; we just love 'em to pieces. I sure hope they'll remember all of us poor jig-building junkies after they buy out Boeing!)
See! I told you guys you would like what was coming!
Well played, Chad.
Now where is my Sport Aviation? A Lifetime member and it is late or lost. Maybe the mailman liked what he saw?!
Stan Inzer
912 ULS
Dynon Skyview 10"
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