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Skycatcher Tour of Michigan

I had such a great time flying around the state of Michigan demoing this airplane. I was very impressed with the amount of people who came out to see the airplane. It is such a great feeling to see such a great interest of aviation in general. I was able to show people what a [...]

Skycatcher Cross Country

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Skycatcher Video

This is such an awesome example of what this airplane is capable of. I guess for future reference a fairway will do for an engine out!

Skycatcher, in Michigan?

Well, I finally got my first taste of the Skycatcher. Jeremy Schrag, the Senior Instructor Pilot from Cessna flew into Suburban after I had been tracking him for two hours or more from the Chicago area. Instead of always hearing “Skyhawk” on the radio, as I am used to, I finally heard “Suburban traffic, Skycatcher 5201K [...]

Twenty Five Years…a brief history

Against the advice of my dad, I bought the newly named Toledo Suburban Airport, formerly known as Wagon Wheel, in July of 1984. General aviation was on it’s back in 1984 and proceeded to get worse when we joined Cessna Aircraft in 1986 as a Cessna Pilot Center or CPC. I remember well the new [...]