Like all airplanes the Panther was designed with a specific set of compromises. One major goal was ease of build and a low parts count. We would like to give you a taste of what it is actually like to build a Panther, so we are posting here an excerpt of the Rudder section from
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Today was a very steady day in the SPA Panther booth. We had Hunter Hughes, Beta Builder Tony Spicer’s fellow EAA chapter member, join us in sitting in the Panther. You can see the photo below. He is a fine young man, has a tremendous knowledge about aero-dymanics, and was happy to brag that he…

This is a little personal for us all, but here we go… We are cancelling our Thomasville Fly-in trip because our dearest of friends has passed and her memorial overlaps the Fly-in. One of our own TeamPanther members has lost his wife to a long battle of cancer. Michelle, Chris Smith’s soul mate and dearest friend…

Several times throughout the year, and in varied locations, William Wynne and his crew will put on a Corvair College.  This is a weekend of Corvair engine builders that gather to learn about and work on converting their Corvair cores over to airplane engines for various aviation projects.  Barnwell, SC is hosted at the local airport there by P.F…