Light Sport Aircraft News

1/24/2008 - “It is a great pleasure to announce to all current and future customers that we have named Becky Teerink to the position of Customer Support Manager” CubCrafters President Todd Simmons said today.

More time granted for aircraft already registered but awaiting inspection 

01/23/08 - FAA’s senior staff arrived for the annual mid-winter EAA/FAA summit meeting at the EAA Aviation Center in concert with official approval of EAA’s exemption request for the transition of ultralights and two-place machines to the Experimental-Light-Sport Aircraft (E-LSA) category after the January 31 deadline.

1/23/2008 Yakima, WA - Today two local Yakima Valley businesses, CubCrafters and Central Valley Bank, announced the start of a long-term partnership. CubCrafters President Todd Simmons commented, “It’s a pleasure to announce this new banking relationship to start the New Year.

Apollo Monsoon AS-IV trike first serial production model out at Sebring Aviation Expo in Florida. Ballistic Recovery System for the whole aircraft is included in the standard price for enhanced safety for extreme emergencies.

January 18, 2008 (Sebring, FL) – X-Air announced today that they have joined LAMA (Light Aircraft Manufacturers Association). “LAMA is the premier LSA advocate and provides services unique to the aviation industry,” stated David McRae, responsible for X-Air’s flight test and training program. “LAMA is an active organization that is constantly in pursuit of the interests of our category aircraft.”

Latest Offering in a Line of Luxury Sport Aircraft™

January 18, 2008 (Sebring, FL) Today, Gobosh Aviation unveiled a new Luxury Sport Aircraft™ before an enthusiastic crowd at the U.S. Sport Aviation Expo in Sebring, Florida.

Free Directory of Essential LSA Services

SEBRING, FLORIDA (January 17th, 2008) — ByDanJohnson.com went live a few months before the Sport Pilot/Light-Sport Aircraft rule was announced at AirVenture 2004. Three years later the website has become a valued resource for buyers of LSA, ultralights and kit-built aircraft that Sport Pilots may fly. At the LSA-only trade show in Sebring, Florida, ByDanJohnson.com announced a new resource, the FIRM List ByDanJohnson.

Sebring, Fla., January 17, 2008 – Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, today at the U.S. Sport Aviation Expo announced the locations of its United States reassembly facilities for the Cessna SkyCatcher.

Sebring, Fla., January 17, 2008 – Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, is gearing up for the first flight of its Model 162 SkyCatcher prototype in the coming months.

Certificate Completes Third Party ASTM Compliance Audit

Echterdingen, GERMANY / 14 February 2008 - Flight Design and LAMA, the Light Aircraft Manufacturers Association, jointly announced at the 2008 Sebring U.S. Sport Aviation Expo that Flight Design successfully completed an independent audit of the ASTM standards compliance. Third-party audits such as LAMA facilitates are well received by customers, insurance companies, membership organizations, FAA, and NTSB officials. The audits assure industry consensus standards are being followed. Such audits are voluntary and performed at the expense of the manufacturer.