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Dave's end of the hangar Well it's Airventure time!!! We are packing and heading to Oshkosh and as usual we are missing "stuff". After 25 years of this you would think we would have this Oshkosh thing down pat, but nope we don't. I think it helps us keep a fresh new attitude by not planning too far ahead. We will be in Aeroshell square between the EAA tent and Eclipse in the same location as the last few years. Did you know that LoPresti products are Green? Our reputation is built on high performance. In the past we have focused on the fun part....SPEED. But when you really look at what LoPresti is about it is efficiency, beauty, quality and integrity. Everything we do is about efficiency. From our cowlings and wheel pants to our BoomBeam lights it's all about efficiency. Getting more out while putting less in. When you think about it more speed via drag reduction equals more efficiency and that equal less fuel burned and less carbon emitted. Every knot gained in speed performance equal better range on the same fuel and that will earn you higher MPG and less money spent on fuel. So drag reducing modifications are GREEN. Are BoomBeam HID lights Green? Heck yes! BoomBeams reduce the electrical load on your aircraft. Less load equals more efficiency. Higher efficiency equals a GREENER airplane. The BoomBeam products also effect our environment in another maybe even more measurable way. They don't fail so they don't end up in the land fill like most filament lights do. Less trash also equals a GREENER aircraft. Another way that we increase efficiency and reduce our aircrafts impact on our environment is with the use of LoPresti KnotWax or SpeedCoat. Both products improve laminarity and aircraft efficiency AND reduce the impact of washing your aircraft of the environment. A KnotWaxed or SpeedCoated aircraft needs fewer washing and little if any detergents or chemicals to clean your aircraft. What's new We have a bunch. LoPresti SpeedCoat joins KnotWax in our product line of paint protection. SpeedCoat a consumer version and KnotWax is our professional grade. Both products For the Cirrus pilot we have added 3 new products that not only improve safety but they improve efficiency as well yielding not only a safer Cirrus but a GREENER one as well. More info A Really Have you ever been to the Arlington Fly-In in Washington state? If you are tempted to attend next year I would highly recommend it. The Arlington Fly-In is run by an enthusiastic group and is a very well organized event. Lots of airplanes of all shapes and sizes with the strongest showing of experimental and LSA aircraft of any show. This is a show we will be coming back to for years.
Fury J.W. "Corkey" Fornof is continuing his
tour of the country demonstrating the LoPrestiFury.
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Ground Breaking on New LoPresti Facility We have a great announcement. LoPresti has broken ground for our new HQ at the Sebastian airport. The new hangar facility will be adjacent to the existing office building and should be ready for occupancy at the beginning of 2009.
The office building and the new hangar facility are designed with a tropical "Key West" style and should blend very well with this attractive Florida community. Stay tuned because our grand opening will be really grand and we are planning on one heck of a party.
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LoPresti has new products for Cirrus owners. A 3X improvement in the stock landing light( X2 BoomBeam), a 10X improvement in wingtip lights (TriTips) and our New, slick, lo-drag, fireproof wheel pants. (IceSkates). LoPresti has been providing Cirrus Designs with the world famous LoPresti BoomBeam for many years and we have recently added an upgrade for more LoPresti BoomBeams for the G2 series of Cirrus Designs aircraft.
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Fury National Tour Corkey's Plane TalkFury Flying - Corkey's blog7-21-08 Standing out at COPA Migration 6. O dark 30, taxing out to runway 170 Mckinney, TX. Destination, Duluth, MN. For the COPA, Cirrus Owners and Pilots Association, Migration 08. Yep, the Fury and I were there, sitting among several hundred Cirrus's was one bright yellow Fury, oh yes it stood out among the white and silver Cirrus's. I had planned this early departure hoping to find a way through a pretty mean front in northern OK. I knew if I could get on the backside of the front I would have it made. Hummm sounds funny, the Backside of a Front! I knew from experience that if I could hit it just right when the heat was starting to lift the moisture to form cells I could pop between them before they were fully developed. The front was about 100 miles thick and I hit the first part perfectly. Howeverrrrrrrr, towards the last 15 miles or so I went between two forming cells and encountered a dry cell. That's the only way I know how to describe it. In clear the Fury dropped about four to five hundred feet with an abrupt stop followed by a rapid upward moving column of air that rolled the Fury 120* inverted. Worried about wind shear and fighting it I rode it out. I did up right the Fury noticing the rate of climb was over 3,500 FPM. I pulled the power pointed the nose down to stay out the clouds, the airspeed had built to 230 KTs indicated and I was still going up over 3,500 FPM with the nose pointed down 80*. In 20 hart beats the rate of climb swung the other way to over 4,000 FPM decent. I leveled out at 2,500 FT. and headed into the lightest rain I could find. Once in the rain my vis started to deteriorate, I had a thought of making a 180* turn but when I looked behind me it had closed up as a black wall of lightning. Flying further into the rain and by my judgment, I never had less than 3 miles VIS even when I could only see staring down. I had passed through a forming cell with no moisture in it YET. Fifteen seconds later "BAM" the Fury and I popped out into clear blue skies. The rest of the trip to Duluth was beautiful with a total fuel burn of 42 GALS. I don't think I could drive a car from Dallas to Duluth on 42 GALS. COPA is a great group of pilots who hold a yearly Migration in Duluth, MN. LoPresti manufactures both after market and line items for Cirrus's. We had a booth at the convention displaying our new wing tips, wheel pants and new 3 times more light Boom Beam for the G1, G2 & G3 Cirrus's. All were well received as the orders showed. Copa really does things right, the 1st. night was a Cabana Party on the lakeside, 2nd. Night was a banquet at the Aquarium and the 3rd. night was the Grand Banquet at the convention center Ball Room. Now it wasn't just grand parties, there were flights of the Cirrus Jet, recurrence flights, seminars for the care and feeding of your Cirrus, a day camp for the kids and health Spa's for your significant other. I say significant others for many of the Cirrus' owners are ladies. It is a remarkable gathering of pilots, well worth the visit. The flight back to Dallas was super; it gave me a few days at home before I headed to Vero Beach for our Ground Breaking. Yes, if you haven't heard were moving most of our LoPresti Speed Merchants to Sebastian, FL. Sebastian is apx 12 miles north of Vero Beach. We need to expand all the different division LoPresti has we needed more room. This is where we will build the first three conformity Fury's to complete certification, I'm happy. The ground breaking was perfect, no rain, lots of people from County, City, locals and customers were there. Every one associated with Lopresti was wearing our bright florescent green shirts -- hahahahahaha we blinded most people but we looked marvelousssssss baby. Peggy LoPresti was present it gave me a chill as I watched her watch her sons with pride on this special occasion. Peggy is someone you have to meet, she is a treasure and definitely someone you would choose as a friend. All the speakers had great things to say, sure made me feel welcomed in Sebastian. Curt's daughter, Angie rode with me for the fly-by portion of the event and loved every second. We made a number of passes always within 45* of pitch, 60* of roll and below pattern speed limits, I think! I will fly the Fury acro show for our grand opening. I can't wait to move into the new facilities; Dan Lynch laid it out so it is a modern, state of the art work facility with more room. Well, I'm in Vero for a few days having some detail work done before I head to OSH. As always OSH will be interesting, fun and a lot of work. If you're going to OSH be sure to come by our booth and catch the Fury's acro demo during the MFG showcase. I will also be giving a talk on my flying for the movies, come on by we'll have fun.
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LoPresti SpeedMods not only give you more speed, they make your plane more efficient. More efficient means less gas and more Green. (in your pocket). This month lets talk about WheelPants for Pipers. Do you have a Piper with worn out wheelpants. Do you need to upgrade or repair? The LoPresti Speed Spats for fixed gear Pipers are the newest and best kit to the market.
Our owners have reported more than 14 mph increase in speed with
this mod. Lets look a data for a Piper Archer II taken from the stats page on www.Planeandpilotmag.com
Need a set? Call Jim Shafer at 800-859-4757 More info |
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Everyone who is registered for our Newsletter gets a chance to win a BoomBeam. Announce our BoomBeam winner!!! Mark R. Stetzel of Fort Wayne, IN Mark has a Piper fixed gear Saratoga and just loves flying. What is a BoomBeam? LoPresti BoomBeam HID was the first HID light kit available for general aviation. LoPresti has more STC's and has delivered more OEM installed BoomBeam HID lights than any other company. We are the market leadings in high technology lighting. |
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What is LoPresti working on now? Evektor SportStar
Want to see what we are doing on the SportStar? Come to our booth number 238 in Aeroshell square during Airventure to find out.
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Overall winner, using LoPresti SpeedCoat, was Bruce and Carolyn Skaggs, also winning the open class. First in Tiger class out of 8 entrants, was Ned Thomas. First in Cheetah class was Chase Donaldson. First in two place class was Radan Dawson. |
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Winner of the First Saturday
Charity raffle ride to benefit Kristina Conn, is Lisa DeBickes,
Piper employee. Corkey Fornof, LoPrestiFury pilot, will be
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Saturday August 30 at 11:00, the woman flying group known as the "Grasshoppers" will be arriving at the LoPresti hangar for a charity luncheon and an informative talk by Dr. Hancock. Our guest speaker will be Dr. Elizabeth Hancock, Senior Aviation Medical Examiner, whose practice is in Indialantic, FL. Dr. Hancock is a board-certified family physician who has been in private practice since 1989. She is also a former U.S. Army Flight Surgeon and has been an FAA Certified Medical Examiner since 1990. Having had Primary Flight Training in helicopters through the U.S. Army at Fort Rucker, Alabama, Dr. Hancock obtained her private pilot license in 1989, and in 2005 she realized her dream of becoming an instrument-rated pilot. Maintaining currency and instrument proficiency through frequent flights, Dr. Hancock truly understands the aviation environment as it related to medical issues, disease management, and preventative medicine. Dr. Hancock is a Fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians, a past president of the Florida Osteopathic Family Physicians, an Associate Professor of Family Medicine at Nova/Southeastern University, and serves on the Board of Trustees and several committees of various medical organizations. The are called the "Grasshoppers" because they fly from one grass strip to another. Proceeds will benefit Dr. Hancock's favorite charity, The Humane Society. All women pilots welcome! Please RSVP to Mimi at 772-562-4757, or Bobbi Lasher at 321-636-5346. |
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First
Saturday at LoPresti DON'T COME TO VERO BEACH....WE ARE AT AIRVENTURE!!
If you come to our hangar for our regular LoPresti First
Saturday in August you will be very disappointed. Save $5 on LoPresti SpeedCoat
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LoPresti is in the LSA market in a big way.
We are working with Evektor to bring the efficiency that
LoPresti is renown for to this fantastic aircraft. "This fun
flying LSA aircraft," says Corkey Fornof. "With some
upgrades by LoPresti this will be one efficient, sporty flying
machine."
This
was the sixth annual Roy LoPresti Memorial Air Race held during
the International Grumman American Pilots Association
Convention. This years race had had 13 racers, three of
which had LoPresti cowls. 