Just Aircraft and Alain de Cadenet!

Fantastic, thanks for posting.. would love to get into these types of planes as well as seaplanes... still only part way through my initial licence though.. m.u.s.t .. b.e. .. p.a.t.i.e.n.t..

 

Cool

 

I really miss that guy on tv. Loved all of his car specials and shows.

 

Cool...I'll have to ask my Dad if he's familiar with these planes. He's thinking about getting the similar Aviat Husky for fun flying around. Aviat Aircraft: The Husky A-1C

 

I have flown a Husky and they are wonderful, practical, capable, and available. They probably aren't as " off the chart" as the Just is but they are a great little airplane. I couldn't believe how much they felt like my old L-3.

 

Nice!

 

He just wants small and fun now. It seems to fit this bill. He'll be 69 this month. Passed his medical a few months ago. Brother and parents only grand child, live on the Island. 45 minute ferry boat ride. Very short hop for the Husky. He was thinking small trawler type boat, but too much work at my parents age.

 

Depending on his needs, he might also be interested in an American Champion Scout. Not quite as extreme as the other two, but still very capable.

 

Personally, I think LSA has more disadvantages than advantages, but if you need an LSA (usually because you don't have a medical), then I guess that's what you're stuck with.

Pretty soon, I think the medical exemption is going to be extended to all sub-6,000 pound airplanes, and at that point there will be very little reason for the LSA to exist.

 

Sounds exactly like our flights from Seattle to Merced and roaming around in the North Cascades. You can see plenty of deer,elk, bears, and once in a while, hikers. While flying an airplane like the Just in or through the mountains one must make certain that he or she isn't caught in the down drafts and rotors that live on the lee side if a ridge. I have known it myself and two of my friends crashed , one fatally, while in the grip of mountain air currents. On the flip side, or I should say " plus side", soaring on the weather side of a ridge in a sailplane can be wonderfully enjoyable and a life saving tool in any other type of airplane when flying in or near the mountains.

 

I would be so busy keeping my eyes scanning for towers & power lines (and now wind machines!) I doubt I could enjoy the wildlife!!

 

I rode my motorcycle to the factory and took a ride with Troy and made several landings and I can honestly say that I can't think of a plane on earth with better short field capabilities than the Super STOL version. They are well designed, well made and do everything he says they'll do. They are slow but that's what they're made for. It's a 90 mph machine in cruise but it'll land in the 20's.