Seeking Coastal Utopia

The company plane N927LE (Pratt and Whitney  turboprop ) and N427LE ( Lycoming iE2 piston ) are en route to Oshkosh as of 6:30AM PDT (1330UTC) and they can be followed on FlightAware  a live flight tracking website where you can track private aircraft by the tail number.  You can also track commercial flights and flights from specific airports.  You can watch the Lancair Evolution's by clicking on the tail number ( N927LE  and N 427LE ) so you can see the track, speed and altitude.  This time of year we have to get an early start because the thunderstorm buildups that occur in the midwest are not so fun to fly in.  However, the Evolution aircraft are in a class by themselves, and are capable of getting to their destination safely and quickly.  With the Garmin G900X display and using XM Aviation weather , the aircraft can get en route weather information and deviate as necessary. If you wanted to get creative, displaying your Jeppesen chart...

Now that it is the final week before Oshkosh the rush is on to make sure the aircraft are at their finest. It is amazing how much work goes into a show like this, and how much work it takes to successfully deliver products that the customer is expecting to see. Home-built aircraft are not supposed to look like this . They aren't supposed to be a million-dollar machine that is capable of reaching speeds of over 300mph. That is why Lancair is where it is at. They have always been a leader, since the first composite kit airframe was delivered, the company continues to grow and push the envelope - to evolve. The Evolution is the next general aviation aircraft that will change the way people think about general aviation. There is nothing like it out there, and the closest competitor is double the price. You really do get to build it yourself, plus it just looks good . EAA Air-Venture is the penultimate airshow for the general aviation crowd showing off the latest and gre...