Light Sport Aircraft Manufacturer News

Serving Upper Midwest and Great Lakes Territories

South Woodstock, Conn. / June 15, 2007 — Flight Design USA, importer of the country’s best-selling Light-Sport Aircraft, is pleased to announce the appointment of two new regional distributors. Joining the U.S. organization are LSA North and Hillsdale Aero. “The appointment of these businesses reorganizes the northern Midwestern and Great Lake regions of the U.S. to better serve our customers,” expressed Tom Peghiny, president of Flight Design USA.

Largest Single-Brand LSA Gathering

South Woodstock, Conn. / June 5, 2007 — With Flight Design the leading brand of Light-Sport Aircraft, the company’s CT has inspired customer groups so that owners may share techniques and assist one another. As their numbers grow, regions are expected to have CT fly-in events and the first of these occurred in May 2007.

New Exhibit Spaces Secured At EAA Airventure Oshkosh

Sebring, FLORIDA / May 31, 2007 — You may not know the name Lockwood Aircraft even though it is very probable you know Lockwood Aviation Supply. The latter business is the country’s leading seller and service organization for the Rotax line of engines. Lockwood Aircraft is a new business formed to manufacture, sell, and service the twin-engine Air-Cam and the line of Drifter light aircraft.

May 14, 2007 -  CubCrafters “Proof of Concept” CARBON CUB was the undisputed highlight of the May Day Fly-In at Valdez, AK this past weekend.

May 10, 2007 - As the designer of the Zodiac CH 601 series of aircraft, I take it very personally when I hear of a fatal accident involving one of these aircraft, especially when it involves elements of an in-flight break up.

5/5/2007 Anchorage, AK - Pushing the "Cub" design well beyond its conventional limitations in weight and performance, the 220-hp ‘CARBON CUB’ made its public debut today to an enthusiastic audience at the 2007 ALASKA STATE AVIATION TRADE SHOW AND CONFERENCE.

04-26-2007 - The SportCruiser is now available in a Quick-Build Kit for assembly under amateur-built or ELSA rules. The QBK is fully compliant with the FAA 51% experimental-class rule and already approved under a comparable evaluation in the UK and Switzerland.

Friedrichshafen, Germany, April 19, 2007 – Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, is highlighting its participation in AERO Friedrichshafen trade show with a display of three of the aircraft that helped the company maintain its position as the world’s leading supplier of single-engine propeller aircraft – and with a scale model of its new Light Sport Aircraft proof-of-concept aircraft.

Focusing On Even Higher Quality Standards

4/17/2007 Lakeland, FL: Displaying two brand new CC11-100 SPORT CUBS at Sun ‘N Fun 2007, CubCrafters is now building the aircraft at near target production rates of one every 32 hours while exceeding the quality standards that the company has come to be known for after 27 years in business.