Light Sport Aircraft Manufacturer News

9/25/2007 Yakima, WA - On Friday September 21st, principals from AIG, USAIG, Starr Aviation, Northwest Insurance Group and others joined CubCrafters in Yakima for day of touring our facilities, meeting the principals and flying our Cubs.

9/25/2007 Yakima, WA - CubCrafters 3rd Annual Fall Open House this past Saturday was a fantastic day with owners, guests, business partners, and so many friends on hand for our special event in Yakima…and of course Cubs of every kind! Our third edition was surely our largest event yet and we will be talking about this past weekend for a long time to come.

9/21/2007 Yakima, WA - With new aircraft deliveries accelerating across all product lines, CubCrafters today named Winston Larison to the newly created position “Manager, Customer Support.”

9/21/2007 Yakima, WA - With production installations now underway, CubCrafters latest innovation to add more power and more performance to the SPORT CUB S2 has exceeded initial expectations. Testing of the new exhaust system for the O-200, internally dubbed the “4-into-None” Exhaust, has validated a nearly 100 RPM gain over the conventional system. Moreover, that RPM gain translates into a nearly 10% improvement in static thrust! Additional benefits to the redesign exercise are both improved carburetor heat and enhanced cabin heating over the original exhaust.

9/7/2007 Yakima, WA - CubCrafters has received a number of inquiries about this topic recently. The FAA, EAA, and the LSA industry trade group LAMA (the Light Aircraft Manufacturer’s Association) are also very concerned about compliance with this particular limitation for S-LSA certified aircraft. Though there are S-LSA aircraft by other manufacturers that apparently exceed the ‘Maximum Empty Weight’ limitation, ALL CUBCRAFTERS SPORT CUBS, MODELS S1 AND S2, ARE IN FULL COMPLIANCE WITH THIS IMPORTANT S-LSA CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.

Turns Over Keys to Zone Aviation at the Mid-East Regional Fly-in

5 Sep 07 -  Appointed as a Flight Design USA distributor in 2006, Hillsdale Aero (http://www.hillsdaleaero.com/index.aspx) recently delivered a CT to their new dealership, Zone Aviation.  According to Hillsdale Aero president James Scheibner, Zone will be the dealer for the state of Ohio.  Distributor Hillsdale Aero is based in Hillsdale, Michigan.  Hillsdale recently attended the MidEast Regional Flyin.

Model Widens Its Lead Among Light-Sport Aircraft

Tulsa, Okla. / August 27, 2007 - Flight Design USA distributor Airtime Aviation (http://www.airtimeaviationus.com) delivered the 200th CT sold in the USA to new Flight Design dealer Brian Longwill of Albuquerque, New Mexico. In addition to representing sales of the best-selling Light-Sport Aircraft (LSA), Longwill will base his CT operation at a new LSA, taildragger, and general sport-flying airport he is opening in Estanica, New Mexico (east of Albuquerque, south of Moriarty).

Milestone CT Goes to New Dealer, Brian Longwill

27 August 2007 - Flight Design USA distributor Airtime Aviation (http://www.airtimeaviationus.com) delivered the 200th CT sold in the USA to new Flight Design dealer Brian Longwill of Albuquerque, New Mexico. In addition to representing sales of the bestselling LightSport Aircraft (LSA), Longwill will base his CT operation at a new LSA, taildragger, and general sportflying airport he is opening in Estanica, New Mexico (east of Albuquerque, south of Moriarty).

Flying Around the World in a Flight Design CTsw

Echterdingen, GERMANY / 24 August 2007 - Success! The Flight Design CTsw flown by Indian Air Force Wing Commanders and Squadron Leaders Rahul Monga and Anil Kumar completed a round-the-world flight in 79 days involving 19 countries. This is believed to be a new record for this class of aircraft and it was done as part of celebration of the Indian Air Force 75th Anniversary. In all countries Monga and Kumar made contact with local air force units to extend official greetings.

Sanford NC / August 23, 2007 - Fantasy Air USA is pleased to announce another enhancement to the Allegro Light Sport Plane.  This new enhancement is a standard feature on the Allegro.