Light Sport Aircraft Manufacturer News

Grand Bahama Island – REMOS Aircraft has become an official sponsor for the first International Bahamas LSA Fly-In, scheduled for December 10 – 12.

LONG BEACH, Calif., Nov.11, 2010 - Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announced today at the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) Aviation Summit 2010 that production of the 162 Skycatcher continues to increase, with the 50th aircraft on its way this week to the U.S. reassembly facility and more expected to be shipped by the end of the year. Cessna is on target to delivery 30 Skycatchers by the end of the year and more than 150 in 2011.

SULPHUR SPRINGS, TEXAS, NOVEMBER 8, 2010 – American Legend Aircraft Company announced today its Legend AmphibCub and top selling Legend Cub continue their award-winning ways and sales leadership in the Sport Pilot segment. These thoroughly modern aircraft, based on the American classic Cub, continue a more than 75-year history of providing memorable flying experiences to pilots and passengers from coast-to-coast America.

SULPHUR SPRINGS, TEXAS, OCTOBER 17, 2010 – American Legend Aircraft Company announced today its customer is the recipient of the 2010 Grand Champion Award at Sentimental Journey Fly-In for the company’s work on restoring a classic Piper J3 Cub. The 63-year-old aircraft was originally manufactured in Ponca City, Oklahoma, in 1947.

Dallas, August 18, 2010—Dallas-based IndUS Aviation continues to move forward with Dr. Yuanyang Gao, representing the Chinese city of Weinan and Mr. Ning An, president of China’s IPI Information Technology to move production of the Thorpedo Light Sport Aircraft to the new LuYangHu General Aviation Development Zone in Weinan, China. 

OSHKOSH, Wis., July 26, 2010 - Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, has posted the complete pilot handbook for its new 162 Skycatcher online at www.cessna.com.

SULPHUR SPRINGS, TEXAS, JULY 12, 2010 – American Legend Aircraft Company announced today the completion and first customer delivery of a Garmin G3X™ equipped Legend Smart Cub. The Legend Cub is a certified sport aircraft similar to the classic Piper Cub and powered by a 100-horsepower Continental motor. The new Garmin G3X™ is a multifunction “glass cockpit” display system featuring sophisticated electronics. The combination of the Legend Cub and Garmin G3X™, from two of the industry’s most respected manufacturers, uniquely blends advanced, proven technologies in aircraft design.

Light-Sport Aircraft Employed to Assess Problems for Airliners

Leinfelden-Echterdingen, GERMANY / 1 June 2010 - As visitors and vendors prepared to depart Sun 'n Fun in Lakeland, Florida in late April, many Europeans experienced delays or cancellations of their airline flight due to the ash spewing from the Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Iceland. News of potential problems from airborne ash made headlines around the world. The travel plans for thousands of people had to change at a staggering economic cost.

Not One, But Two CTs Depart for Around-the-Globe Flight

South Woodstock, CONNECTICUT / May 3, 2010 — One hundred years to the day, two pilots started an immense journey to celebrate the first flight of an airplane in Switzerland, in 1910. The pair of European pilots departed April 30th and are following a carefully-designed route around the planet. One big difference in this flight:  the journey will be done in two nearly-identical aircraft flying as a team.