Breezer Aircraft USA, purveyor of the German-engineered Breezer Light Sport Aircraft, has announced it now has starter kits in stock for its quickbuild, all-aluminum, bubble-canopied ELSA. The starter kits arrive in a beautiful riveted aluminum box, with all the parts for the tail assembly neatly packed inside, the company says. The price is $2495. The [...]
By Paul Bertorelli, AVweb Editorial Director Compared to Rotax and even Continental, Lycoming hasn’t had much of a presence in the light sport market. It does now. Lycoming announced this week that its O-233 four-cylinder engine is nearly ready for volume production and that a handful of airplanes are flying with it, including a [...]
The Spirit Light Sport Aircraft made its first appearance at the show this year. Available as a kit or ready to fly as an SLSA, the Spirit is powered by a 100 horsepower Rotax 912 ULS engine (Lycoming and Continental engines are options) and carries 24 gallons of fuel (34 optional) in two welded aluminum [...]
Five Light Sport Aircraft manufacturers and distributors are staging a flying show of six cities throughout Florida after the Sebring LSA Expo. We wanted to create an intimate atmosphere for purchasers to see planes without the noise of a show, said Bill Canino of Sportair USA, one of the participants. Buyers like to get up [...]
Lycoming General Manager, Michael Kraft, announced yesterday that development of the IE2 FADEC system has reached the point where Lancair, which is the first customer for the TEO-540, 350-horsepower engine, can begin taking orders for the firewall-forward package. According to Lancair personnel, the engine/FADEC package price is $115,000, plus, of course, the rest of the [...]
The MySky MS-1 prototype is a clean sheet design that emphasizes the “sport” in Light Sport Aircraft. “We really wanted a little military fighter in the design and maneuverability of the tandem-seat MySky,” said Captain Timothy Plunkett, vice president of MySky Aircraft, Inc., based in Port Orange, Florida. “We stuck to the ASTM and built [...]
CubCrafters’ Carbon Cub EX may look old-timey on the outside, but it’s high-tech on the inside, not just in the materials used but in the production processes.
This just in from Zenair LTD, Canada: Zenair light aircraft float production was returned to North American last year after being outsourced in the Czech Republic, and deliveries of the popular all-metal light-weight straight and amphibious floats resumed in the fall of 2009. The company has just shipped its first set of newly developed LSA [...]
