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The Good and the Bad….it’s all Breakfast to Team SPA!
The last few weeks have been challenging, intense, and all around crazy. We are an intense bunch, except for Travis – our amazing welder, who is the even keeled, reliable and steady workaholic of the bunch. Don’t get me wrong – we all are workaholics, but Travis is Mr. Rock Steady. Dan is always going from […]
Close to Wrapping Up the First 50+ Panthers!
Production is in full swing at SPA! We are keeping the momentum going and we have a very aggressive shipping schedule that delivers (currently) all 53 builders kits by mid March (minus a few minor small back ordered parts….of course)! We recently were at the Sebring Sport Expo and had a wonderful time meeting new […]
Sebring Sport Expo – Reminder!!
The Sebring Sport Expo is only a week away. It starts on Wednesday the 14th through Saturday the 17th in beautiful Sebring FL. This is a unique show for us because you can really see how the Panther flies. Our booth is only feet from the runway and we can push the airplane out to […]
Mama Panther gets her 50th cub!
The Panther started with 4 prototype builders and we now have our 50th production cub (builder)! It has only been 20 months since prototype #1 took her maiden flight. We are so excited that our family of Panther builders continues to grow. The feed back regarding quality of parts continues to be positive. We are continuing […]
Happy Thanksgiving Video from SPA!
Happy Thanksgiving to all of our friends and family. We are thankful for you all and hope you are all enjoying this wonderful time of year. Spending time relaxing and enjoying your loved ones is such an important thing to do. Remembering ones we have lost, the troops protecting our country and our freedom, and […]
Dimpling for Flush Rivets – The Dimple Die Debate Solved
When riveting an aluminum aircraft part to it’s mate the goal is a tight, non-rotating, no proud stem, flush fit. When using blind rivets the most aesthetic outside skin to mating surface option is to use a flush blind rivet. This requires dimpling or counter sinking of the one or the other, or both, of the mating surfaces. […]
Update on Panther Production and Happy Veterans Day!
Remembering and Honoring our Veterans – Happy Veterans Day to all of you! We, here at SPA, take Veterans Day seriously as we fully understand how much our Veterans have sacrificed for our freedom. Dan and I come from a long line of Veterans. My grandfather served in the US Army Air Corps and my […]
Update on …. Everything!
We thought potential builders might like to see what an update from Dan looks like. Here is a recent email that went out to our builders on what we are doing, how things are going and what comes next. Plus a few photos…. Fiberglass Last week the plugs for the canopy skirt (for the production […]
Production Updates
We have hit the ground running again after our wonderful trip to Barnwell, SC for the Corvair College. The spars are coming long great and will start shipping out to builders next week.
