Light Sport Aircraft Manufacturer News

Vero Beach, Fla., Jan. 12, 2011 – Piper Aircraft Inc. will terminate its business relationship with Czech Republic-based Czech Sport Aircraft to market that company’s Light Sport Aircraft, citing differences in business philosophies.

Friday, January 7, 2011 - The New Year will see CubCrafters making a number of updates to their production aircraft.

Friday, January 7, 2011 - CubCrafters has recently been awarded another Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) by the Federal Aviation Administration. The STC is for the new “3X3 (3-by-3) landing gear”, available as a modification for all PA-18 Super Cubs.

Supremely-Capable CTLS Features Dynon SkyView and Garmin 696

South Woodstock, CONNECTICUT / January 3, 2011 — “A New Year’s gift for your instrument panel.” That’s one way to describe Flight Design’s striking implementation of the dual 10-inch Dynon SkyView screens flanking the Garmin big-screen 696 GPS.

2011 — New Season ... Improving Economy, Four Seater CT Series Aircraft In Development

South Woodstock, CONNECTICUT / December 30, 2010 — Light-Sport Aircraft market leader Flight Design is pursuing additional professional organizations as representatives as the country slowly emerges from two years of deep recession. Building on dealers added during the downturn, the new initiative includes both aircraft sales outlets and service centers for the entire United States and aims to better serve more than 300 owners of CT-series Light-Sport Aircraft.

Bomberos de Cuenca, ECUADOR / 28 December 2010 — A fire fighting department located at 8,300 feet above sea level in the Ecuadorian Andes has acquired a Flight Design Light-Sport Aircraft as its aerial support unit. With support from John Hurst and Jeremy Endsley of Sebring Aviation, the Basin Fire Department began operations at the Mariscal La Mar airport.

Freeport, Bahamas December 23, 2010 – Earle Boyter, Marketing Director for REMOS Aircraft, flew one of the 17 Light Sport Aircraft that took off from Fort Lauderdale for the Grand Bahamas International Airport on December 10th. Their destination was the first three-day International Sport Pilot Fly-In. “It was a very successful beginning for a weekend of recreational activities that would be hard to top anywhere else,” said Boyter. REMOS Aircraft was a co-sponsor of the event.

Corinth, TX – It is 49 down and one to go in the Michael Combs Odyssey. Combs venture, to become the first Sport Pilot first to visit all 50 States in a Light Sport Aircraft, has already covered 23,800 miles, logged 282 hours of flying time and touched the lives of 22 million people through newspaper, television and radio interviews.

November 16, 2010 - CubCrafters has received an order for three more of their CC18-180 Top Cub aircraft from the United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services (USDAWS). This order brings the total number of Top Cubs that have been added to the USDAWS fleet to nine.

November 16, 2010 - CubCrafters has added two Certified Build Centers: Zero Gravity Builders Studio, of Richland, Washington, and The CubWorks, of Lewistown, Montana, to their Certified Build Center network.