Aviat

If you’ve always dreamed of flying taildraggers in the backcountry, here’s your chance. Afton, Wyoming-based Aviat Aircraft is offering what they’ve named “The Husky Flying Experience,” which will take place June 20–24. What promises to be the ultimate summer camp for pilots will begin with a tour of the Aviat factory on Tuesday morning. After […]

Flight Resource LLC has achieved an STC to add a reversible MT propeller to the Aviat Husky. The new prop installation allows the Husky, whether equipped with skis, wheels or floats, much greater maneuverability as it can move in reverse. The reverse taxi is particularly useful for water operations where the maneuverability is affected by […]

There’s a new bit of geography on the Sun ‘n Fun grounds, but don’t look for it on your chart. It’ll be gone by the end of the week. Stuart Horn, CEO of Aviat Aircraft, has been bringing a flock of pretty Huskys and Pitts to the show for a long time, but until this […]

Hartzell announced it has achieved supplemental type certificate approval for a propeller called the Trailblazer for the tailwheel-equipped backcountry Husky, produced by Aviat Aircraft in Afton, Wyoming. The composite swept-tip Trailblazer prop was introduced earlier this year and is available in two- and three-blade versions. The Husky uses the two-blade, 80-inch version of the Trailblazer […]

My dad and I have been talking about buying an airplane together for what seems like forever. What we really need, he says, is something with four seats and two engines — so naturally we should buy two used Cessna 152s. That light-hearted logic was on my mind as I checked out the “152Reimagined” at […]

__Ever since major airplane manufacturers such as Cessna and Piper moved the third wheel from the rear of the fuselage to the front in the 1950s, most new single-engine airplanes have been delivered with tricycle gear. Some people question why anyone would fly a taildragger since the nosewheel-configured airplanes simply are easier to take off […]

After the tornado at Sun ‘n Fun destroyed or heavily damaged several Husky aircraft that Aviat brought to the show, another was lost in a crash while being flown back to the Aviat factory in Afton, Wyoming, only days after Sun ‘n Fun ended. The crash was reported on by the Laramie Boomarang online edition. […]

The sun is not up yet in Afton, Wyoming, and the last I checked, the temperature was reading 10 degrees. Fahrenheit. I pull on two layers of long underwear, ski pants, turtleneck, a wool sweater, two pairs of socks and the Sorel boots and huge down parka-remnants from my old Minnesota days-that I dragged out […]