Light Sport Aircraft News

Cooperatives Open in Kentucky, California, Idaho and Utah

LetsFly.org is pleased to announce the formation of four new Light Sport Aircraft cooperatives located in Kentucky, California, Idaho and Utah. They offer a very economical way to own and fly a new Light Sport Aircraft with an initial investment of $2900. The addition of these cooperatives pushes LetsFly to a new milestone of over 250 cooperatives, making it the largest aviation cooperative in the country.

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.

Mary Jones, editor of EAA Sport Pilot & Light Sport Aircraft Magazine, filed her final report from AERO 2007, Europe’s largest general aviation exposition that concluded Sunday in Friedrichshafen, Germany.  It’s another beautiful day in Friedrichshafen, Germany, today, Sunday, April 22, as the 16th Aero International Aviation Trade Exhibition draws to a close.

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.

April 19, 2007 - The Light Aircraft Manufacturers Association (LAMA) formally recognized IndUS Aviation for being the first LSA manufacturer to complete a mandatory compliance audit to ASTM standards at Sun N Fun Fly In.

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.

Echterdingen, GERMANY / 17 April 2007 — Flight Design, based in Echterdingen Germany, announced that it successfully completed a third party ASTM standards compliance audit arranged through the Light Aircraft Manufacturer’s Association (LAMA). Such independent audits help assure customers, insurance companies, membership organizations, and FAA that ASTM consensus standards are being followed.

SULPHUR SPRINGS, TEXAS, APRIL 16, 2007 - American Legend Aircraft Company announced today the availability of a BRS whole-airplane parachute system for its Legend Cub. Installation of the BRS emergency parachute provides owners enhanced safety in the operation of their Legend Cub.

SULPHUR SPRINGS, TEXAS, APRIL 16, 2007 - American Legend Aircraft Company announced today the approval of the Legend Cub for operation on skis. A ski-equipped Legend Cub provides owners the opportunity for snow and ice landings, and scenic wintertime flying.

CTs Are Now “In Stock” At Dealerships

South Woodstock, CT / April 15, 2007 — Two years ago today, FAA issued the very first Special Light-Sport Aircraft Airworthiness Certificates. Evektor SportStar was first, followed a few hours later by the Flight Design CT. The two years that have passed since those first approvals have defined the leadership of this new market and Flight Design sits at the top of the stack.