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Aviation No Tie Downs:  The rescue, community support and lessons learned

Aviation No Tie Downs: The rescue, community support and lessons learned

October 28, 2021

Episode 3 In this third episode about Truman and Craig’s crash, join Executive Vice President and Aviation No Tie Downs host, Teresa De Mers, as she learns what happened withREAD MORE

Aviation No Tie Downs:  Fly it through the crash and survival lessons

Aviation No Tie Downs: Fly it through the crash and survival lessons

October 25, 2021

Episode 2 We pick up our story as the pilots’ plane rests right above the forest floor and learn what steps they took to guarantee their survival following their crash.READ MORE

Aviation No Tie Downs: We’re going to put it in the trees

Aviation No Tie Downs: We’re going to put it in the trees

October 18, 2021

Episode 1 In the Spring of 2021, Truman O’Brien and Craig Beles, two pilots from Vashon Island, WA experienced what pilots prepare for and fear the most – a crashREAD MORE

Going There: Flying Over Niagara Falls

Going There: Flying Over Niagara Falls

September 17, 2021

For our second installment of “Going There—the blog series where we present the how-to’s and highlights of flights to amazing places—we talked to pilot and aviation YouTuber Kevin Thornton, aboutREAD MORE

Lightspeed Tours Orbis at EAA AirVenture 2021

Lightspeed Tours Orbis at EAA AirVenture 2021

August 19, 2021

You couldn’t help but see the huge Orbis logo painted on the massive tail mounted jet engine of the MD-10 on the AirVenture grounds. Surprisingly, very few people in theREAD MORE

Lightspeed Video Features at EAA AirVenture 2021

Lightspeed Video Features at EAA AirVenture 2021

August 7, 2021

We had such a blast at Oshkosh 2021 – check out what Lightspeed was up to and who we were collaborating with at the show, for some fun features! WeREAD MORE

AirVenture 2021 Was a Success!

AirVenture 2021 Was a Success!

August 6, 2021

We are back from Oshkosh 2021 and so happy to have been able to attend this year! Because of 2020’s “interruption”, we missed all of our lovely Lightspeed customers andREAD MORE

ATC Light Gun Signals in Real Life

ATC Light Gun Signals in Real Life

June 22, 2021

You learned about them when you were studying for your pilot’s license. You can picture the chart. But would you recognize or even spot an ATC light gun signal ifREAD MORE

Going There: Flying the Hudson River Corridor

Going There: Flying the Hudson River Corridor

June 10, 2021

Welcome to Going There, a new blog series where we present the how-to’s and highlights of flights to amazing places—the ones that are on your bucket list or should be.READ MORE

25 Years at Lightspeed: Finding a Better Way

25 Years at Lightspeed: Finding a Better Way

May 28, 2021

After the last year of COVID and everything else, can you even remember the last decade? Well, let us refresh your memory. The 2010s started off with a bang: Vancouver,READ MORE

25 Years at Lightspeed: Continuing the Ascent

25 Years at Lightspeed: Continuing the Ascent

May 28, 2021

They were the best of times; they were the worst of times. They were the 2000s. We worried about the Y2K bug, and celebrated when it fizzled. Pop culture splitREAD MORE

25 Years at Lightspeed: Taking Off in the 1990s

25 Years at Lightspeed: Taking Off in the 1990s

May 27, 2021

Remember the 1990s? They were the years of Beanie Babies and Bart Simpson, designer yo-yos and the first color Game Boys, Doc Marten combat boots and everything plaid. From theREAD MORE

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