Spread Your Wings Sportsmen and Women!
Tuesday, January 27, 2009 at 12:46PM 
Okay, so I just finished quite the visit with our new friends at Wings Aviation over in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. They are promoting a Light Sport Aircraft called the Remos GX. The aircraft has been around for more than a decade in Europe, but was introduced in the United States just a couple years ago. The folks at Wings Aviation think 
this airplane could open huge doors in the sporting world. Frankly, I agree. I first ran into the Remos at the St. Paul Sports Show two weekends back. Wings had a big booth with the plane (they sell helicopters too) set up right when you walked into the show. They're trying to sell this little aircraft to folks who like to hunt and fish. First off, you don't need a full pilots license to fly 
the thing. If you have a drivers license, can pass a quick medical exam and you have a minimum of 20 hours of training, you can fly this plane. It'll take 650 pounds of payload, which means a couple of guys at 200 lbs apiece still have weight left to 
pack a little fishing or hunting gear. Jeff Dalton, Chief Pilot for Wings volunteered to take me up for a quick hop. He allowed me to taxi and take off on Runway 28R. I tried to be very, very gentle as we lifted off the runway. Jeff told me to pull on the stick! We zipped off and the little plane popped skyward like a rocket, climbing at 700 feet-a-minute. Cruise 
speed was 130 + mph. Fast and really, really easy to fly. After zipping over Lake Waconia to check out the ice fishing scene, we headed back to flying cloud and touched down on Runway 28L. By the way, landing speed on this plane is right around 45-47 mph with full flaps. Awsome. What's cool about the plane is it's got all the gadgets much more expensive planes have. GPS, a full radio stack, even auto-pilot if you need it. The whole idea behind the Remos project is that regular folks can have the chance to fly aircraft. Aviation doen't have to be expensive and tough to get into. Imagine hopping in and flying off to your favorite 
fishing and hunting spots in just a fraction of the time it would take you to drive. The Rotax engine uses very little gas compared to other planes too. Now picture this 
little sporter on floats. Imagine dropping into your favorite lake and pulling up to the dock or the beach. Stay tuned....
Reader Comments (4)
Jacques, I new you could fly on the ice but the SKY??? Looks exciting! Do they make this thing in a sea plane type model?
Rumor is there may be a version on floats coming in the next few months. You can find talk of that online. Word is the floats will actually increase the usable payload by about one-hundred pounds.
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