Texas Aircraft

The first day highlights include strong aircraft turnout and lots of demo flying.

Powered by a 200 hp Lycoming engine, the Stallion S-LSA offers affordability and versatility.

The industry has lobbied the FAA to allow light sport aircraft to perform more aerial work tasks.

An elite collection of aircraft and products have earned our highest level of commendation, the Flying Innovation Award, chosen for the Editors’ Choice Awards by our team—and debuting in the March 2020 issue of Flying. Last year at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, we announced that Gulfstream’s G500 business jet secured the 2019 Flying Innovation […]

A premier collection of aircraft and products earned our highest level of commendation, the Editors’ Choice Awards, by our team back in February —with the Innovation Award winner to be announced later this week—and in the August 2020 issue of Flying. Last year at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, we announced that Gulfstream’s G500 business […]

When you and your bank account finally decide it is time to buy a new airplane, the choices vary widely in price, features and mission. Every make and model has specific mission capabilities that offer the owner-pilot the most efficient return on investment, and where you settle on the “mission” question ultimately determines the price […]

“We are very humbled and very happy to be considered a great choice for [the] single-engine piston [category],” said Matheus Grande, CEO of Texas Aircraft Manufacturing, in a note to Flying. The company is working to gain a foothold with its light sport aircraft, the Colt—and it has recently announced a price incentive aimed at […]

Texas Aircraft Manufacturing is now offering a complete suite of Garmin avionics for the new-generation Colt-S and Colt-S LSA that includes Garmin’s G3X Touch flight display and GTN 650 touchscreen navigator. In a news release, Texas Aircraft Manufacturing’s customer engagement team member, Scott Musselman, said the updated avionics package evolved after flight schools began asking […]

Hondo, Texas-based Texas Aircraft Manufacturing and British lithium-sulfur (Li-S) battery technology company OXIS Energy, said they are jointly developing a high-wing, two-seat, all metal, fully-electric aircraft dubbed the eColt based on Texas Aircraft’s Colt S-LSA. In a news release, Texas Aircraft said, “The eColt will fill a growing demand for ecologically-friendly flight training airplanes, as […]

Dan Johnson told me, “The first light-sport airplane arrived in the U.S. in April 2005. The first two FAA-accepted special light-sport aircraft were announced…almost exactly 15 years ago.” Johnson reviews recreational aircraft and posts those reports on his site, bydanjohnson.com. A flight school needs to use an S-LSA in order to operate a light-sport aircraft […]