Backcountry Aviation Radio

Darin Hart — Keeping the Cub Alive: American Legend Aircraft, MOSAIC, and the Nomad

July 22, 2026·1h 17m
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Darin Hart runs American Legend Aircraft in Sulphur Springs, Texas — the shop keeping the Piper Cub lineage alive, from a stripped-down J3 to the Rotax 916-powered Nomad. We get into how the Nomad came to be (including the Trent Palmer connection that helped put it on the map), the story behind the name, and a full breakdown of the build-assist model versus buying a kit. We also dig into MOSAIC — what the new certification standard actually means for manufacturers, the scale of investment it ...

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