This conversation usually comes up regarding airframe parachutes, such as a BRS system. People ask my opinion on whether they should spend thousands of dollars on the parachute. You can see my explanation here:https://airtimeamphib.com/2013/12/12/parachutes-for-trikes-and-light-aircraft/ But there are some higher priorities. I would not buy the airframe parachute until these other higher priorities have been covered. […] Read More »
Storing Your Cygnet
The Cygnet is designed for salt water, so a fresh-water rain shower is no problem. The Cygnet does not need indoor storage because it has a cover for the wing, a cover for the instrument panel, and the seats are quickly removable so they stay clean and dry. But if convenient to park your Cygnet […] Read More »
Southern Survival TV show on Netflix
25 September 2019. Colin Bean and Michael Percy went to Panama City Beach with Cygnets and efoils to film a segment of the Cygnet for a tv show for Netflix. The show is called Southern Survival. We appear in Season 1, Episode 7.
Colin Serrano Bean
Colin joined Airtime Aircraft in 2011 right when we moved all part production from Canada to Florida. In late 2019, as Colin was recovering from a serious injury, he sent me this note and these pictures. They show some custom shoes that he drew in approximately 2004. It was a Cygnet, even before he had […] Read More »
What People Say About the Cygnet
Michael, thanks for all your effort in the funnest thing to fly on planet earth. Other aircraft fly for function, but ours fly for pure fun. It is absolutely ridiculous the amount of fun that I, and the people I fly, get out of flying your aircraft. Yesterday I had five flights. Of those five, […] Read More »
Icom A6 radio clipping at regular intervals every few seconds
On several Icom A6 radios I have owned, the audio has dropped out every few seconds on a repeating basis. The sound is similar to someone pushing the transmit button for a quick moment, and it blocks whatever was being received. Although quick, this audio dropout is very annoying when trying to receive frequencies, altimeter […] Read More »
Glass Panel vs. Standard Instruments
A popular upgrade option for the Cygnet is to use a moving map GPS display such as the MGL Discovery Lite instead of standard instruments. These are sometimes called ‘EFIS’ which stands for electronic flight information system, and sometimes called ‘glass panel’. By either name, it simply means that a computer screen replaces the traditional […] Read More »
Brake Systems
Brakes are useful for taxiing around on land and for controlling your speed down a boat ramp into the water. For salt water, we use a stainless steel scrub brake which is almost zero maintenance. Scrub brakes are not as effective as hydraulic disk brakes. Hydraulic disk brakes are very effective, and work well for […] Read More »
Flight Training for non-US Citizens
There is a program run by the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to screen non-US citizens before they can start flight training. It is called the Alien Flight Student Program or AFSP. To quote from their website https://www.flightschoolcandidates.gov, “AFSP’s mission is to ensure that individuals participating in flight training do not pose a threat to […] Read More »
Cygnet now approved in the Republic of Serbia
I would like to inform you that the certification of the Cygnet is now possible in the Republic of Serbia according to Regulation on ultralight aircraft (“Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia”, No 68/10). Best regards, ________________________________________ Branko Stupar Airworthiness Inspector Novi Beograd, Bulevar Zorana Djindjica 144 tel. +381 11 292 70 69 fax. […] Read More »