Pilots will be able to fly common aircraft such as the Piper Cherokee and Cessna 182 under sport pilot rules in about three months, the FAA announced July 22 at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh in Wisconsin.
AeroJones Aviation USA on June 19 announced that it will officially launch its first special light sport aircraft, the AJ Sport, at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh in Wisconsin.
Built in one week at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2022 in Wisconsin, the Sonex Waiex-B was delivered by the Experimental Aircraft Association to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia, where it went immediately on display.
Texas Aircraft Manufacturing said it is conducting development flights with two prototypes of its Stallion, a four-place high wing special light sport aircraft that the company plans to produce in collaboration with Brazilian aircraft maker Inpaer.
The Super Petrel XP, an amphibious light sport biplane already known for its spirited performance, is getting a boost in horsepower that comes with the surprising bonus of decreased fuel consumption and a significantly longer time between overhauls.
Sonex LLC, maker of the Sonex, Waiex, Onex, and other kitbuilt sport aircraft, received approval to raise the maximum gross weight of its Sonex and Waiex models by 70 pounds to a total of 1,220 pounds when powered by engines with 100 horsepower or more.
What if a light sport aircraft could cruise at 138 knots? Two Tulsa, Oklahoma, pilots are banking on the FAA’s proposed changes to the LSA rules (Modernization of Special Airworthiness Certification) to create a U.S. market for the sleek, efficient ultralights of Europe.
TL Sport Aircraft, the Czech Republic manufacturer of ultralight sport composite aircraft (distributed via South Carolina), announced new backcountry variants of its popular high-wing TL–3000 Sirius.
A last-minute flurry of bids from a German sewing machine maker and Linden Blue, co-owner and vice chairman of General Atomics—the makers of Predator drones—culminated June 18 with a bankruptcy judge signing off on the sale of Icon Aircraft for a fraction of what it might once have been worth.
The next steps in the Icon Aircraft bankruptcy proceedings are set for next month as company executives seek to keep the business intact and prevent investor groups from selling off its assets piece by piece.
In 2023, Junkers Aircraft, the boutique German maker of retro-themed aircraft that roll out of the factory looking like collector's items, all carrying the lines and heritage of Hugo Junkers into the present, introduced the A50 Junior—the original metal monoplane—with modern avionics, and a modern engine that required a compromise.
Aero Friedrichshafen, Germany’s general aviation convention, was the venue for a couple of interesting new developments possibly impacting the U.S. market, the most prominent among them announced by Tecnam Aircraft, Diamond Aircraft, and Elixir Aircraft.
Icon Aircraft has increased the gross weight of its amphibious A5 light sport aircraft by 60 pounds and the useful load to 490 pounds, the California company announced.
In comments to the FAA on January 22, AOPA collaborated with aviation organizations to ensure the much-anticipated rulemaking on the expansion of light sport aircraft and sport pilot privileges will go far enough to meet the needs of the pilot population and make sense within the national airspace system.
The FAA’s comment deadline on the proposed rulemaking for the expansion of light sport aircraft and the privileges for sport pilots will close on January 22. AOPA and the Experimental Aircraft Association are working collaboratively to express support for specific elements—and to propose necessary revisions.
The FAA extended the deadline to comment on proposed rule changes to modernize aircraft certification, delaying the effort by three months as some stakeholders requested.
The Junkers A50 Junior, a new special light sport aircraft from Germany, is set to be a big draw at the Sun ’n Fun Aerospace Expo in Lakeland, Florida.
Sonex Aircraft shared updates on its anticipated high-wing aircraft design project, including new renderings, specifications, design changes, and an official name.
Flight Design announced on December 8 that its new, two-seat, composite-construction F2 had won its European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) CS-23 certification. The CS-23 (the “CS” stands for certification standard) F2 joins the company’s SLSA version of the F2, which is already being delivered in the United States.
Kitplane manufacturer Sonex Aircraft announced new high-wing designs that it plans to display at EAA AirVenture in 2023, when it will begin booking orders for the aircraft.
Aviation Safety Resources, a Nicholasville, Kentucky-based designer and producer of whole aircraft emergency parachute recovery systems, announced agreements to install its systems in three single-engine aircraft models during EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.