Gross Weight Operating Limitations Pilot 
Plane and Pilot
JUNE 13, 2025
The two largest member organizations—the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) and Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA)—sent their top leader to join Light Aircraft Manufacturers Association (LAMA) president and chairman Scott Severen on stage before a full audience. The subject: MOSAIC.
AV Web
OCTOBER 24, 2024
Sonex recently announced an increase in the maximum gross weight for all Sonex and Waiex aircraft equipped with 100-horsepower engines. The approval comes after extensive engineering studies and flight tests, the new limit is now 1,220 pounds, a 70-pound boost from the previous 1,150-pound cap.
Plane and Pilot
JANUARY 16, 2025
Well-informed readers are aware that MOSAIC Modernization of Special Airworthiness Certificationis nearly upon us after years of proposals, public comment, and endless discussion among pilots. MOSAIC provides pilots flying under sport-pilot rules access to a much broader base of aircraft, both new and old. Not this time.
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