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Periodicals Postage Paid number 000228 at Greenville, IL, 62246 and at an additional mailing office. postmaster: send address changes to: Sport Aviation Press, PO Box 38, Greenville, IL 62246. Volume 27, Number 1. Subscription Rates Annual subscription rates: $36.95 U.S. $48 Canada $90 International All monies US Funds Subscribe online at: www.PSFmagazine.com For more information call: (800) 867-5430 It’s been quite a long while, but welcome to another issue of Powered Sport Flying Magazine! You can read about the main cause for the delay in the Final Approach column in back. Computers are great when they work, but lately they have been causing me rather a lot of stress! We will, of course, be extending your expiration dates in order to make up for the missed issues, as we do for every combined issue. This issue is ultra combined, and please accept my apologies! As you know by now, unless you’ve been under a rock for the last two months or so, two of the three major air shows for 2020, as well as many smaller ones, have had to cancel due to the pandemic currently disrupting our lives. Dan Johnson has some words on the subject. Dan also has a report on the progress that lama has been making with faa. The timeline on that effort is still a long one, but the good news is that progress IS being made! If you plan to get an Experimental Light Sport or Amateur Built aircraft certified, then we have just the article for you. Arnold Holmes is a dar (Designated Airworthiness Representative), and he explains what you can expect from a dar visit, and what you need to do to prepare. From Dave Unwin across the pond, we have a review of the Spacek SD-1 Minisport. This is the plane that’s on the cover of this issue. Tom Delaney was able to cross off of his bucket list a flight to the Bahamas in his Magni gyro. Stephanie Gremminger has a report on the adventure. Speaking of adventures, poor Intrepid Explorer Jeff Hamann had a nightmare of a trip! In Part V of his flight in his ppg around the coast of Colombia, Jeff got some stunning pictures, but it sounded like he had to put up with a lot of unpleasantness in order to get them! We do, of course, have much more inside for your reading pleasure! And now that Spring is finally putting in an appearance, you can take your magazine outside and enjoy the budding trees and blooming flowers. Hopefully, you’re all doing well, with boredom (and possibly a desperate need for a haircut!) the worst that you’re having to endure. Moral Support Canine Alec and I are both needing that haircut, but otherwise we’re obeying the “shelter in place” order and show no signs of being sick. Let’s hope that by the time the next issue of psf comes out, the worst of this will be behind us, and we can return to our extended families, friends, and jobs. And air shows! 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