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Featured Stories ArchiveThrough several decades as an FBO in Queensland, Don Adams, founder and Chairman of Seabird Aviation Australia, observed that in typical operations many helicopter operators require the helicopter’s visibility and slow-flight characteristics but not a its vertical take-off and landing capability. Lycoming-sponsored racer Jon Sharp, in his Nemesis NXT design, won the 2007 Reno Air Races Super Sport Class division Gold Race. It was a one-two punch for turbo-charged Lycoming Thunderbolt engines and the NXT design as Kevin Eldredge made an impressive second place finish in the same race in the NXT Relentless. The Zeppelin NT 07 A Legend Redefined A hundred years ago, the rare event of a passing aircraft turned all eyes skyward. People rushed out of their homes, pulled over their vehicles, and stopped their work to watch in awe. Today, we are so accustomed to air traffic, that we barely pay attention to its familiar sights or sounds... Lycoming’s New Advanced Technology Center and Thunderbolt Engines ...“At Lycoming Engines, a Textron Company, the new generation engine for general aviation aircraft is a race to combine proven technology enhancements with innovative designs for the industry’s most reliable performer, the reciprocating engine.”... Aerobatic Flyer Kirby Chambliss Wins a World Series with his Lycoming ..."It's dangerous," says pilot Kirby Chambliss. "You're flying very fast, around 260 miles per hour often only 10 – 20 feet off the water, and you're doing these outrageous things with your plane. If we weren't highly experienced, it wouldn't take much of a mistake to kill us."... Lycoming-Powered Nemesis NXT Wins at Reno Air Races ...“We were on the ground for a full fifteen minutes. We had to keep quiet and hold everything in because we weren’t sure if the judges had seen the lead plane cut the course,” said Sharp. He explains that there are no video cameras documenting the ten-minute race so, judges rely solely on their vision. “They stand on the ground and look 50 feet up the pylon (made from a telephone pole with a marker barrel on top).” Sharp and his team knew there was a chance the judges had missed it...
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