General Aviation

Factory Tour: Fisher Flying Products

The journey to Canadian soil has been an interesting one for Fisher Flying Products. Originally founded in Ohio, USA by Michael E. Fisher, the company had a quick ownership change and flourished for 20 years before arriving in Woodbridge, Ontario in 2009 under new ownership. In 2014  Dave Hertner of Dorchester, Ontario (close to the city of London, ON) […] read more

Factory Tour: Zenair Canada

Let’s, right off the bat, clear up who Zenair is. Officially named “Zenair Limited“, it is the original Canadian company founded by aeronautical engineer Chris Heintz in the seventies that, still today, makes the world-renowned and highly regarded 600/700/800 CH-series of all-metal kit aircraft; Kits for well-known aircraft such as the CH 701 “Sky-Jeep”, the […] read more

An Introduction To Homebuilt Aircraft

There are many different routes to general aviation. Many owners choose the certified aircraft route, whereby they own a machine which was manufactured and registered “certified”,  is serviced and repaired by a licensed AME (aircraft mechanic engineer). For those pilots, the confidence of having their machine looked after by a professional and having that machine conform […] read more

A New Owner’s Blog – Buying My First Plane.

This was originally written in 2007, but we’ve republished it here as most (if not all) of the information is still relevant. It’s a bit long, but so is the process of buying a GA aircraft and so are the odds that it’ll go smoothly right-away. Think of this as a fly-on-the-wall account of a […] read more

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