Progress Around the Globe
SPA has been busy producing parts and delivering Panthers to builders all over the globe. Panther builders have been busy in their shops and are making a great deal of progress along the way. We have many builders that are at the 90% done and 90% to go and here are a few photos that […]
Panther Sport Flight Review by Dave Dollarhide
Dave Dollarhide flew the Panther Sport a few days ago, and we asked him to do a write-up for us. We asked him to please just tell his honest opinion of the Panther Sport. Here is a little about Dave Dollarhide: Dave Dollarhide has accumulated 20,000 hours in 50 years of flying mostly Navy and airline […]
Panther Sport Flight Review by Bob Woolley – Video
Here is a video with Bob Woolley giving his flight review of his Panther Sport with a Lycoming O-320. See him fly along with Dan Weseman in his Panther LS prototype. See all VIDEOS HERE
Panther Sport Flight Review by Bob Woolley – Video
Here is a video with Bob Woolley giving his flight review of his Panther Sport with a Lycoming O-320. See him fly along with Dan Weseman in his Panther LS prototype. See all VIDEOS HERE
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Builder Tony Spicer Installs His Panther Wings
Panther Builder Tony Spicer has been a leader throughout building his Panther by sharing his experience through photo documentation on the web. His latest update walks us through mounting the wings. See more information HERE. Congrats Tony! Keep up the excellent work! From all of us at SPA and from all the Panther builders: Thank […]
Update on Progress
We had a great week at Sun ‘N Fun 2015! We were in the same booth as last year, at the end of the row outside of Hangar C on the corner. This location is great for us. We get good foot traffic because we are on the end, we have a little more room […]
