Light Aircraft Association

The 64 million dollar question... where to begin! Experimenting might be a great starting point – that approach certainly served Dick VanGrunsven very well when he created the RV-1 out the fuselage of a Stits Playboy with his own aluminum cantilevered wing design - but bear in mind he was already a ...

Just another vote of thanks for all the recent design and technical articles appearing in the mag. It would be great to be able to share these more easily than is currently possible. For example John Corby (Corby Starlet / Corby Kestrel) was himself interested in reading the 'Staying Attached' artic...

ColinC - Sorry to hear of your troubles. Mike - I just republished your post on the Starlet Yahoo group for the benefit of other Starlet builders in the UK. Finding those sort of companies - ones that let you wander round their yard - is like finding hens teeth. I gave up on building a Starlet - for...

Another builder recently put me on to Smiths as being cheaper than LAS. They carry all the aviation grades, and they offer a guillotining service, however it's not clear if they stock or sell part sheets of aviation grade Al: http://www.smithmetal.com/services/guillotining.htm For a 12 x 4ft x 0.032...

Did you try Leburg.com? http://www.leburg.com/index.php?p=1_3_Contact I know little about Leburg, however Roland Janssen of the Netherlands (Starlet PH-RJW) recently recommended Leburg on the Starlet Yahoo group. I believe he has the system installed in his Starlet. I just tried calling the Leburg U...

I just discovered an interesting article written by John Corby, designer of the CJ-1 Starlet and CM-2 Kestrel. It was published in SAANZ's magazine, Sport Flying earlier this year. It would be great to see it reprinted in Light Aviation for the benefit of a wider audience. In the meantime you can do...

John, you might be better posting this in the Wants section.

Regards,
Hamish