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Float Planes and Amphibs (FPNA)
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www.fpna.com |
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info@fpna.com |
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128 Authority Lane
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Sebring, FL 33870 USA
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(863) 655-3770
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(863) 816-0272
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List of Aircraft and Article links
| Valor (A-22)
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FPNA -- Valor A-22
FPNA stands for Floatplanes and Amphibians and they're into water flying, as the name implies. However, they also build an increasingly popular landplane called the Valor. Put that on their own straight or amphibious float system and you have the Cape Town. Land or sea, the A-22 model is a fun flying machine with terrific visibility. |
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FPNA A-22 Valor (07/08)
"FPNA's Roomy A-22 Valor"
by Dan Johnson.
Published in EAA Sport Pilot & Light Sport Aircraft Magazine,
July, 2008.
Pilot Report begins: Ukraine Design Meets Florida Know-How Early in the new millennium, I took a trip to Kiev, Ukraine. My mission was to visit two companies producing aircraft for what was to become the light-sport aircraft segment. I didn't know then that the A-22 I flew with designer Yuri Yakovlev would become a U.S.-assembled special light-sport aircraft (S-LSA). Before the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, Americans hardly knew Ukraine, a large and diverse country with a rich aviation heritage that once employed
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SPLOG
With Three You Get Dutch Roll, 04/05/2010
SPLOG begins: Just kidding about the dutch roll. It's a play on an old movie: With Six You Get Egg Roll , about complications that come with a blended family . *** But the "three" is legit, and refers to the three LSA training centers operated by Shawn Okun in Florida. |
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Sebring Generates a Solid, Fast Start to 2009, 01/23/2009
SPLOG begins: Mornings start cool until the sun warms the day to shirtsleeve temperatures. Crowds are thick around popular displays and the action is surprisingly hot. For this first-of-the-year show following a dismal 2008, many wondered about attendance and if those |
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2008 In Review; a Look at the Year for LSA Sales, 12/12/2008
SPLOG begins: With one month to go (and it's hard to imagine a big December), we have figures to report for this most extraordinary year. We're all (painfully) aware of the economic predicament, but how has this impacted light-sport aviation? Here's my observations. |
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LSA Industry's Fast Pace...Approaching Model #100, 06/19/2008
SPLOG begins: Despite an economic slowdown shared by all of aviation, the LSA industry is rich with entrepreneurs. Innovative new designs hit the market regularly. Consider this: In just over three years, the industry has certified an astounding 81 aircraft designs |
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Big Crowds at the Sun 'n Fun LSA Mall, 04/20/2008
SPLOG begins: Sun 'n Fun 2008 is history, but planning is already underway for the 2009 event . Event boss John Burton confirmed we will again have the LAMA-hosted LSA Mall right at the front gate next April 21-26. A major success at this year's Lakeland, Florida airshow, |
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U.S. Built A-22 Valor Wins SLSA #49, 04/08/2007
SPLOG begins: After I flew the A-20 and A-22 near Aeroprakt's Ukraine factory, I felt sure these designs would find their way to the U.S. market. Now that Sebring-based Float Planes and Amphibs (FPNA) assumed import operations from Spectrum Aircraft, you can buy planes |
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| Aeroprakt A-20 Vista Cruiser/Varlet
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Aeroprakt A-20 Vista Cruiser
"The Vista A-20 Cruiser & Varlet"
by Dan Johnson.
Published in Experimenter Magazine,
May, 2003.
Pilot Report begins: Eastern European designers deliver nimble machines UPDATE--November 2008 : According to FPNA, an American company with a business relationship to A-20 producer Aeroprakt, the A-20 has been discontinued. Please contact FPNA for more information (contact info at end of article). As the new millennium got underway, visitors to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2000 examined a new aircraft from a Ukrainian company called Aeroprakt Ltd. Named the A-22 Valor, the unique side-by-side two-seat aircraft had a distinctive
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| Aeroprakt A-20 Vista Cruiser
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Aeroprakts A-20 Vista Cruiser
"Aeroprakt's A-20 Vista Cruiser"
by Dan Johnson.
Published in Light Sport and Ultralight Flying,
June, 2001.
Pilot Report begins: UPDATE--November 2008 : According to FPNA, an American company with a business relationship to A-20 producer Aeroprakt, the A-20 has been discontinued. Please contact FPNA for more information (contact info at end of article). Two summers ago Americans saw a new aircraft from a Ukrainian company called Aeroprakt as U.S. importer Spectrum Aircraft brought in the A-22 Valor. It would be only the first in a fleet of new microlights. Later another model from Aeroprakt appeared. In fact, the Vista series
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