Value, Versatility and Integrity

The Very First Customer Built Panther Sport Takes Flight!!

SPA is pleased (ecstatic really!) to announce that today, 8/5/2015 at 9AM EST, the first customer built Panther Sport, N109L Built by Robert (Bob) Woolley, took it’s maiden flight. N109L is a Sport version of the Panther with the short wing and a Lycoming 0-320 engine. It was inspected and received its air-worthiness certificate Monday […]

Airventure 2015 Opening Day – take home your Panther tail kit!

Airventure opening day was busy in the SPA LLC booth – N615. Here are a few photos from throughout the day. Dan does a wing fold demo at 10 am and 2 pm everyday. It always draws a crowd and gets the word out that the wings do fold – you can’t tell just by […]

Airventure Gathering Reminder and New T-Shirts!

Just a quick reminder that our annual gathering at Airventure is Wednesday night – please join us for great food, fun and the night airshow!  See more info and sign up see HERE We have a new t-shirts available too, come by the booth N615 to pick yours up – $20 each and many sizes available, […]

The Stroker Engine is HERE! See Video

The Corvair 3.3L Stroker Engine has come to life! We test ran the prototype engine on Monday the 14th of July, 2015 and it ran and sounded great! We are now headed to EAA Airventure 2015 and will be displaying the engine on Paul Salter’s airframe (display only…see below for more detail). The background: Dan […]

Oshkosh Airventure 2015 4th Annual Gathering!

Come join us for our 4th Annual Gathering at one of the largest airshows in the world. Come join us at the booth for BBQ and all the sides, and refreshments. We can all stuff ourselves and then sit back and watch the night airshow. Bring yourself and your friends for a fun filled evening […]

Builder and Production Update and Panther Goes to School!

There is a saying that I am sure you all are familiar with: “The last 10% takes 90% of the time.” This is true with almost everything in life. The finishing touches take the longest, but they are what makes or brakes the project. When building an airplane you work diligently on the airframe and you […]

Vote for US!!!

What is it? We received an unsolicited email from our bank, CHASE, which explained a grant program. Normally we wouldn’t have even read it, but something about the header of “Mission Main Street” caught our eye. It is targeted toward small business owners who are involved in the community. So we read their website and […]

Builders Update

These last few weeks have been milestones for Panther builders. Take a look at what some of them have been up to in their Panther Caves: Builder Bill Mosher, Greer, SC, has joined the rear and forward fuselage Mounting the tail And then it was time to climb in and see how it feels! Andy […]