News about Sebring Expo’s shutdown captivated readers of this website. Other media outlets also picked up on the news.
June 2, 2019

Let me admit right up front: I am a big fan of AirCam.
March 29, 2019

The final day of the Sebring U.S. Sport Aviation Expo brought good flying conditions until mid-afternoon when light precipitation returned.
January 27, 2019

Sun ‘n Fun 2018 ended a great event on Sunday.
May 13, 2018

This unusual looking aircraft is a twin engine taildragger. While fascinating, those two characteristics might make you wonder if you can handle it.
January 30, 2017

Most pilots never probably have witnessed the testing a wing endures before designers and regulators will sign off on it, signaling that it has been adequately stressed so that pilots can depend on it.
August 25, 2016

The amazing, incredible AirCam … one aircraft you fly in ways you’d never fly in another airplane.
August 19, 2016

In 2012, Rotax brought out their new fuel-injected 912 iS engine.
August 19, 2016

In a show as vast at EAA’s AirVenture Oshkosh, it is presumptuous to attempt covering everything of interest.
August 7, 2016

Updated 11/5/15 with video at end … We went. We flew (and flew).
November 7, 2015

What would you like for a Christmas present, perhaps if you won big in a lottery?
December 20, 2014

I’ve been on a couple AirCam outings and I have two points about them: (1) Owners of this unusual airplane are often fairly well-off people and see a golden opportunity when invited by the good planners at Lockwood Aircraft; and, (2) These pilots know how to have fun with their airplanes, flying to some delicious locations.
October 19, 2014

Company fly-ins are surprisingly rare despite offering a useful tool to propel new sales, to stimulate interest and camaraderie among existing owners, and to invigorate enjoyment of flying machines.
June 22, 2014

Things can change and yet stay the same. You can comprehend this paradox by considering the tandem 2-seat Drifter.
November 7, 2012

CESSNA’S DISCOVER FLYING I met new business leader for the Skycatcher LSA, Tracy Leopold, at Sun ‘n Fun 2012 where she confirmed the Wichita giant’s support for their lightest aircraft, now being assembled in Independence alongside other Cessna models.
November 7, 2012

My good friend and Air-Cam developer, Phil Lockwood, likes to hold fly-outs for his customers.
October 24, 2011

Lockwood Aircraft‘s Super Drifter open-cockpit kitbuilt plane, the resurrection of the Drifter design that was the basic concept for Phil Lockwood’s AirCam twin-engine airplane, (a unique camera platform first created for National Geographic), is getting a new set of tailfeathers.
June 5, 2011

Air-Cam isn’t a Light-Sport Aircraft because it has two engines. OK, it’s also a shade heavy but if Air-Cam could, it would be a LSA.
June 5, 2011

Among all airplanes I’ve flown the AirCam may be the most fascinating.
June 5, 2011

A&P acceptance (or lack thereof) is a leading reason for Cessna’s decision to use the Continental O-200D in Skycatcher.
December 2, 2007

When I first met Phil Lockwood, he was selling Drifters. That was more than 20 years ago.
February 4, 2007

The original Drifter was one of the ultralight industry’s flagship aircraft.
January 10, 2004

Considered by many to be a workhorse, the Super Drifter XL shows refinement and features that make it seem like a “luxury ultralight.” Leza AirCam, the newly renamed producer of this venerable ultralight, has equipped the top-of-the-line model with nearly every option in their price list.
January 12, 2003