Foxbat Press cuttings

Please note: Australian aircraft differ in a number of ways from European and USA versions. These articles are intended as a guide to the aircraft we sell - please arrange for a test flight so you can experience the aircraft for yourself!

Audio (mp3 podcast)

Ultrafilght Radio - November 2007
Interview with Shawn Okun, CEO of FPNA, about getting the A22 LSA Certified in Australia

Recent articles (in PDF format - click here for Adobe Acrobat reader)

BMAA Magazine - April 2007
Short back & sides - the re-juvenated Foxbat. SA Flyer - January 2007
Aeroprakt A22 Foxbat. Tarmac Magazine - June 2006
Flight Files - Aeroprakt A22 Foxbat. AOPA Magazine - September 2006
Photos and short article on John Gardon's Foxbat. Pacific Flyer, Australia - January 2006
'A quick circuit in the Foxbat' - independent flight test of Foxbat. Australian Flying - March 2005
'Flying Fox' - Flight review by independent journalist Paul Phelan.

Archived articles

Custom Planes Magazine - February 2004
'Testing the Foxbat' - Review and flight test of Australian A22 by independent journalist Peter Kraus. Pilot LAA Magazine - January 2004 (in Czech)
Technical review of the A22 by Jan Fridrich, Technical Manager, Evektor-Aerotechnik (in Czech) [PDF only] Australian Ultralights - June 2003
'48 hours flying the A22 Foxbat' by Peter Harlow, Director of SilverWing Aviation. Pacific Flyer - March 2003
'A Foxbat Affair' by Peter Harlow, Director of SilverWing Aviation AOPA Magazine Australia - March 2003
Press release Channel 9 Video Clip - November 2002
Report of Aviex 2002 at Wollongong AOPA Magazine Australia - December 2002
Brief report of the A22 Foxbat at Aviex 2002, Wollongong Vol Moteur - November 2002 (in French)
'A22: Tous au balcon!' - Flight test and other information on the French version of the A22 by independent journalist Phillippe Tisserant (in French) Pacific Flyer - June 2002
Press release - Australian agent appointed Microlight Flying - May/June 2002
'My Furry Friend' - Flight test of A22 by independent journalist David Bremner Pacific Flyer - March 2002
A22 certified in Europe; details of the European microlight version. Flyer Magazine - Summer 2001 Special Edition
'Foxbat' - Flight test of UK kit version, in comparison with a Cessna 152, by independent journalist Ronnie Faux Pilot Magazine - March 2001
'Aeroprakt A22 Foxbat' - Flight test of UK kit version by independent journalist Tim Cripps. Kitplanes - August 2000
'Ukrainian Valor' - Flight test of USA kit A22 by independent journalist Howard Levy.