Ray and Sher's Shipway Light-Sport and Ultralight Aviation services provides Sport Pilot and Ultralight pilot training, Basic Flight Reviews and Proficiency Checks for your Light-Sport aircraft. We provide Quicksilver sales and services, including owner building assistance in Cloverdale, CA 060 (Cloverdale Airport designator) thirty miles north of Santa Rosa on Hwy 101. Light-Sport planes and Ultralights are very light weight, single and two seat aircraft are used for sport and recreation. We can set you up with Floats to attach to your plane so you can land and or take-off from water. They fly “low and slow” during the day and good weather conditions. The term ultralight can include everything from unpowered hang gliders to powered parachutes to fully instrumented, sleek-looking “cruisers” weighing less than 254 pounds. Flying an ultralight does not require a pilot certificate and there are no minimum age or training requirements. Because they are often easier to operate, training normally takes just 10-20 hours. Aircraft costs are also low, with average new ultralights costing between $8,000-$15,000. Used ultralights can cost as little as $5000!
It’s that time again!! CLEARLAKE SPLASH-IN 2015
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Light Sport Repairman, Maintenance – Airplane – on both S-LSA and E-LSA aircraft
Submitted by Captain Ray on Thu, 07/09/2015 - 11:46120 hour FAA approved course hosted by Rainbow Aviation’s Carol and Brian Carpenter. The Class is offered in Corning, CA. Corning is the olive capital of the world.
This allows Capt Ray, as a FAA Certified Repairman, to perform Annuals, 100 Hour Inspections and line maintenance on both S-LSA and E-LSA aircraft.
Enjoying The View
Another beautiful day flying our Quicksilver above sunny Northern California…
2 More Planes in 'Hangar 10' in Cloverdale
Submitted by Captain Ray on Tue, 01/20/2015 - 10:04
Ray and I added another 2 planes to our 'Hangar 10' in Cloverdale. Spent several hours putting them together from a kit! Already have 2 youngsters ready to learn how to "fly" them..... here is, our Hangar 10 with the 2 new planes...
2014 is going out with a bang for Shipway Aviation
Submitted by Captain Ray on Wed, 12/31/2014 - 14:08We sold our Quicksilver MXL II, took in a MXl sport and sold the Sport the same evening! Two sales for the year. woo woo. Rob C found our ad on the Barnstormers Site and started the negotiations from Phoenix. My Adopted Son Ryan was looking for a single seat Quicksilver 103 ultralight which is what Rob had. 25 e-mails and an exchange of video walk a rounds got Rob and his Lady Ann into their truck and trailer heading for Cloverdale. 13 hours later we were shaking hands and tradin planes and money. I like this business!!