www.PSFmagazine.com | December 2017 | 15 Support Our Advertisers new, improved J230-D model and Jabiru’s new Gen IV engine,” Scott added, “I’m pleased to help more pilots get into these ‘Cabin Class’ Light Sport Aircraft.” Pete Krotje from Jabiru North America has been the Jabiru importer for North America for 18 years. His business will continue its current activity of engine and firewall forward sales as well as providing parts, service and technical support for all Jabiru products from its current location in Shelbyville, TN. For more information, contact Pete Krotje at Info@jabiruna.com or dial 931-680-2800; or Scott Severen at Scott@ussportplanes.com or call 940-597-6860. More About Scott Severen The son of a career Air Force fighter pilot, Scott learned early about aviation as a lifestyle. He began building and flying hang gliders in 1973 and joined ushga, United States Hang Gliding Association. In the early 1980s, he founded and operated Lone Star Airpark to provide facilities, services and flight instruction for ultralights, and eventually became a usua (United States Ultralight Association) Advanced Flight Instructor (afi), afi Examiner, and afi Seminar Presenter. Scott also volunteered as a director and interim president of usua. In the early 1990s, he and his family moved to Tennessee where he served as president of team Aircraft. Always willing to help the industry, Scott assisted the aooa, Airpark Owners and Operators Association, as its first president. In the mid-nineties he served as president of lama, the Light Aircraft Manufacturers Association, and in 2017 he rejoined lama to serve on the board of directors. Scott also participated as a charter member of the Part 103 faa arac, Aviation Rule-making Advisory Committee, that eventually created the Light Sport Aircraft and Sport Pilot regulations.
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