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I listed the firestar on barnstormers and it sold in 2 hours. Thanks

Have new project in the hangar so I need the room. 5 rib single seater. Strong running Rotax 377 recent service by rotax service center. gearbox and 3 blade Ivo. ballistic chute needs repack. Tinyta ...

Travis was headed out the door to Oshkosh. Someone emailed me a source close to my home. I ordered it on Tuesday and got it the next day. $5.00 shipping zorotools.com.

I have an older 5 rib Firestar. Refueling the other day I found a crack about half way up the side at a corner. It is a plastic tank that looks like the 5 gallon jug that cooking oil for commercial us ...

My Rotax is back from the shop. I need to break it in. What is the best way to tie the plane down. Is the tailwheel assembly strong enough? Thanks.

I lucked out. It was a stuck ring. Theres no damage to the lower end. A new piston and I;m back in business. I'm a lightweight so the 377 is all the power that I need anyway. If anyone has need of a g ...

I have a 5 rib older Firestar with a 377 Rotax. Sunday, It lost power so I put it down in an open field that had cotton grown on it last year. No big deal except in my wallet. I've been flying ultrali ...

I lived for 13 years in Key West from the late sixties until the early eighties. Until the early seventies everybody went home at Easter and returned around Thanksgiving. Key West was a ghost town dur ...

For anyone interested March 21-25 At the Wauchula, Florida Muncipal Airport is the Annual Bensen Days Spring homebuilt rotorcraft Fly-in. Wauchula is about 35 minutes south of Lakeland down US-17. It ...

I have a Firestar with a 377 on it. I'm a lightweight toping out at 135lb. The plane has all the power I will ever need. I'd say takeoff is about 100'. Throttle foward, tail up and it's ready to fly. ...

D and F Aviation In Goldsboro N.C. is a long time Rotax service center. Dwight Edmiston is a retired F-15 mechanic . He is top notch and works on all the two stroke and four stroke Rotaxes. He does bo ...

I started in regular planes, 150's, TriPacers, J-3's in the early seventies. Owned two Rogallo hangliders but wasn't my cup of tea. Iv'e flown ultralights since the early eighties and for the last ele ...

I lived in Key West for 13 years. The skies are busy with private jets, airlines, and military planes out at the naval air station. There have been Quicksilver two seaters on floats used to give touri ...

I had a friend that worked in the lab at Homelite. They tested all the oils on the market at the time. Texaco Havoline with Royalgard won. Any good quality organic oil is fine as long as it contains a ...

Gary Safrit. I'm at NC79 4miles east of Mt. Pleasant.

I'm a long time ultralight and gyro pilot. I recently bought a Firestar single seat. Have about 6hrs on it now and love it. I fly out of Bear Creek here in central N.C., a 2100ft grass strip. Any Kolb ...