Work crews finished hauling away the largest of the rocks and muddy stumps only a few days ago, turning what had been a leafy hill behind the Just Aircraft factory in tiny Walhalla, South Carolina, into a rutted, scarred clearing barely the size of a football field. Even my host, company co-founder Troy Woodland, doesn’t condescend to calling this a runway. He banks steeply, turning short final in his lime-green and silver SuperSTOL kitplane, diving for the red-hued earth with what suddenly seems like questionable sanity.
We Fly: Just Aircraft SuperSTOL
Key Takeaways:
- The SuperSTOL is an experimental amateur-built kitplane developed by Just Aircraft, renowned for its unparalleled Short Takeoff and Landing (STOL) capabilities on extremely rough and unprepared terrain.
- Its extreme performance is achieved through innovative design elements including large fowler flaps, self-deploying leading-edge slats, and robust A-frame landing gear with heavy-duty, off-road truck-style shock absorbers.
- Designed for "drop-in" landings and quick takeoffs from very short fields, the SuperSTOL is marketed as an "aerial ATV" for adventurous bush flying.
- Available as a kit for approximately $75,000, it is in high demand for pilots seeking a go-anywhere aircraft with reasonable build times.
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