Oshkosh AirVenture 2016 5th Annual Gathering
Oshkosh AirVenture 2016 5th Annual Gathering Come join us for our 5th Annual Gathering at one of the largest airshows in the world. The Event is Wednesday July 27th starting at 6 PM at booth N615. We will have BBQ and all the sides, and refreshments. We can all stuff ourselves and then sit back […]
Sun ‘N Fun 2016 – New Booth Location and Invite to Friday Night Cookout
Please join us at Sun ‘N Fun this year at our new booth location NE 9 and 10. We will have multiple aircraft on display this year throughout the week – See HERE for details on the first Panthers EVER to fly to SNF. Stop by to check out the Panthers on display or pickup […]
Texas Builders Getting Ready For Corvair College
Out of the total 77 or so Panther builders, we have a half dozen in Texas and some of them are planning using a Corvair as their powerplant. Here is a photo of Brian Sowell’s Panther Corvair 3.0L engine – with SPA’s 5th bearing housing just being installed. Here are some photos of his cylinders, […]
70 Panther builders! And a Video from this Weekend’s Corvair Finishing School
SPA welcomes it’s 70th Panther builder, Mr. Skip Haneline from Nebraska City, Nebraska! Welcome to the Panther Family, Skip! We look forward to updates on your build progress. Builders have been successful building and flying their Panther aircraft. This is an exciting time for us and we are happy to share some builders progress photos […]
Goodbye 2015 . . . Hello 2016!
First, to all SPA friends and customers – Happy New Year!! We just wanted to take a minute to say thanks for a great 2015. In 2015, our focus was production and documentation as well as keeping the front line of builders moving along. We made substantial progress and learned a lot this year. On […]
Get a Taste of What a Corvair College is Like
Most people think of an engine build school as a classroom setting, with manuals, name tags, a projector and death by power-point presentations. Take a look at this short video I put together about what a Corvair College is like. Hopefully you will see what the fuss is all about, why people sign up […]
Corvair College #35 and Builder Progress
Corvair College #35 in Barnwell, SC was a great time last weekend! The Corvair College is coordinated by William Wynne and his lovely wife Grace Ellen, with FlyCorvair.com, Shelley Tomino, and P.F. Beck and his great crew at the Barnwell, SC airport. Our family drove up in the motorhome and pulled the Panther trailer behind […]
Builder Installing Wings and Building His Engine
John Steere is one of our Panther builders and he recently sent over some photos of his wing rigging and his engine progress from the Corvair College at Mexico, MO last week. Here are some of his photos and what he had to say. You can see all of his progress through his Kit Builder […]
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 […]
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 […]
