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Cougar Designer’s Desk #2

Wow, I can’t believe it was over 4 years ago that I wrote the first (and only) Cougar Designer’s Desk post. It would take an entire post to cover all the things that have transpired in my life – with SPA, family, and personally, so I will just say that it has been a lot […]

Panthers and Beyond EAA Webinar Link

If you missed the EAA Homebuilders Week Panthers and Beyond webinar from Tuesday, March 2nd 2021 you can go to this link (or click the photo below) and watch it. Please note you will need to login with your EAA username and password to access it. If your membership is expired then there is no […]

Missed the EAA Webinar? No Worries!

If you happened to miss the EAA Webinar – Panthers and Beyond last night – don’t worry! It will be available on the archive page over at the EAA Webinar site. Once it is up and ready for viewing we will post the link. Please note, you must login with your EAA login info to […]

EAA Webinar March 2nd @ 7 PM CST

We are doing a webinar with Charlie Becker from EAA and their Homebuilders Webinar Series on Tuesday March 2nd @ 7 PM CST. Please make sure you save your spot by clicking this link and signing up. The title of the webinar is Panthers and Beyond. So join us – you don’t want to miss […]

Cougar Designer’s Desk #1

Cougar Designer’s Desk #1 As many of you know, we showed off the first bits of the Cougar (AKA 2 seat Panther) at Oshkosh 2019. Until this point, we had maintained “radio silence” about the project. We simply shared that we intended to build a 2-seat version, had released a 3 view of what we thought it may […]

Unicorns vs. Caterpillars

The technical definition of a unicorn, according to my friend Google, is this: u·ni·corn /ˈyo͞onəˌkôrn/ noun a mythical animal typically represented as a horse with a single straight horn projecting from its forehead. something that is highly desirable but difficult to find or obtain. The part that defined this use of the description Unicorn, for […]

Goodbye 2016 and Hello 2017!

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Here is one of our favorite photos of the year. This is a photo of Stephen Pedano’s Panther LS at OSH 2016 Night Air Show. Thank you Ed Hicks, Flyer Magazine. This year has been a wonderful year for SPA. We have grown older, wiser, and more grateful for our customers, […]

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 […]

What will the Cougar Look Like?

We have had a great deal of people asking us about the Cougar. Even though the Cougar prototype is still a glimmer in Dan’s eye he has done most of the engineering along side the Panther. Just to give some of you Cougar fans a taste of what the Cougar will look like Dan drew up […]