August 2007 - Posts

• EAA Looks At Sport Pilot, Three Years Later - Aero-News Network

  EAA Looks At Sport Pilot , Three Years Later Aero-News Network, FL - 15 minutes ago The Experimental Aircraft Association noted Friday the sport pilot / light-sport aircraft community took perhaps its biggest strides forward over the past 12 ... Read... Posted Aug 31 2007, 09:02 PM by "homebuilt aircraft OR airplane" OR "light sport aircraft OR airplane" OR "sport pilot" - Google News

• Sport Pilot Leaves Terrible Two's - AVweb

  Sport Pilot Leaves Terrible Two's AVweb, CT - 13 minutes ago EAA found that more than 50 new aircraft are now available for sport pilots, but more than 4000 light sport aircraft are on the FAA register, according to ... Read More... Posted Aug 31 2007, 07:48 PM by "homebuilt aircraft OR airplane" OR "light sport aircraft OR airplane" OR "sport pilot" - Google News

• 'Sport Hornet' S-LSA Earns ASTM Certification - Aero-News Network

  'Sport Hornet' S-LSA Earns ASTM Certification Aero-News Network, FL - 7 minutes ago Higher Class Aviation, Inc. told ANN this week the Ramona, CA manufacturer recently certified its Sport Hornet factory-built, special- light sport aircraft ..... Posted Aug 30 2007, 10:57 AM by "homebuilt aircraft OR airplane" OR "light sport aircraft OR airplane" OR "sport pilot" - Google News

• Young pilot had a passion for flying - St. Petersburg Times

  Young pilot had a passion for flying St. Petersburg Times, FL - 17 minutes ago So Scott and his friend Bryan Lee Richardson, a 21-year-old from Zephyrhills, took off in the 800-pound light sport airplane . And Farooqui waited and waited ... Read More... Posted Aug 29 2007, 10:08 PM by "homebuilt aircraft OR airplane" OR "light sport aircraft OR airplane" OR "sport pilot" - Google News

• New World Record Claimed for a Light-Sport Aircraft ; Flying ... - BourSonews

  New World Record Claimed for a Light-Sport Aircraft ; Flying ... BourSonews, France - Aug 29, 2007 ... flies up to 120 knots as a certified US Light-Sport Aircraft (LSA) with a range of up to 1100 nautical miles in a spacious cockpit. ... LSA Round-the... Posted Aug 29 2007, 11:20 AM by "homebuilt aircraft OR airplane" OR "light sport aircraft OR airplane" OR "sport pilot" - Google News

• New World Record Claimed for a Light-Sport Aircraft; Flying Around ... - PR Newswire (press release)

  New World Record Claimed for a Light-Sport Aircraft ; Flying Around ... PR Newswire (press release), NY - 19 minutes ago CT, a German high technology design built mostly of carbon fiber, flies up to 120 knots as a certified US Light-Sport Aircraft (LSA... Posted Aug 29 2007, 10:02 AM by "homebuilt aircraft OR airplane" OR "light sport aircraft OR airplane" OR "sport pilot" - Google News

• Fantasy Air Announces Change In Allegro LSA Door Design - Aero-News Network

  Fantasy Air Announces Change In Allegro LSA Door Design Aero-News Network, FL - 22 minutes ago Just ask ANN's Rob Finfrock -- one of the most important criteria when talking light sport aircraft is available elbow room in the cockpit (this, of course... Posted Aug 28 2007, 09:06 PM by "homebuilt aircraft OR airplane" OR "light sport aircraft OR airplane" OR "sport pilot" - Google News

• LSA Round-the-World Flight Completed - AVweb

  LSA Round-the-World Flight Completed AVweb, CT - 9 minutes ago By Russ Niles, Editor-in-Chief Two Indian Air Force officers have completed a circumnavigation of the globe in a Light Sport Aircraft in 79 days. ... Read More... Posted Aug 28 2007, 02:05 PM by "homebuilt aircraft OR airplane" OR "light sport aircraft OR airplane" OR "sport pilot" - Google News

• Flight Design USA Delivers Its 200th CT Light Sport Plane - Aero-News Network

  Flight Design USA Delivers Its 200th CT Light Sport Plane Aero-News Network, FL - 21 minutes ago Aero-News has learned Flight Design USA distributor Airtime Aviation recently delivered the 200th CT light-sport aircraft (LSA) sold in the USA to new ..... Posted Aug 28 2007, 10:07 AM by "homebuilt aircraft OR airplane" OR "light sport aircraft OR airplane" OR "sport pilot" - Google News

• Trek into state wilderness - 15 feet off the ground - Arizona Republic

  Trek into state wilderness - 15 feet off the ground Arizona Republic, AZ - 23 minutes ago The faster and more-costly aerotrekking planes are a distinct subspecies of " light sport aircraft ." Steered by weight-shift controls, they require special... Posted Aug 28 2007, 12:18 AM by "homebuilt aircraft OR airplane" OR "light sport aircraft OR airplane" OR "sport pilot" - Google News

• Pilot Hurt in Small Plane Crash - WBOC TV 16

  Pilot Hurt in Small Plane Crash WBOC TV 16, MD - 31 minutes ago CAMBRIDGE, Md.- A pilot was hurt after the light sport aircraft he was flying crashed near the Cambridge-Dorchester Regional Airport on Saturday. ... Read More... Posted Aug 27 2007, 05:26 AM by "homebuilt aircraft OR airplane" OR "light sport aircraft OR airplane" OR "sport pilot" - Google News

• United Aircraft and Alcoa, Technology working together - Jobwerx

  United Aircraft and Alcoa, Technology working together Jobwerx, WA - 20 hours ago Read a recent press release about - SkyCatcher light sport aircraft orders total 75 Mil USD and Citation XLS+ business jet completes first flight. Read More... Posted Aug 25 2007, 11:16 AM by "homebuilt aircraft OR airplane" OR "light sport aircraft OR airplane" OR "sport pilot" - Google News

• Pilots take common road trip adventure concept to new heights - Tullahoma News and Guardian

  Pilots take common road trip adventure concept to new heights Tullahoma News and Guardian, TN - 21 minutes ago The plane that Williams took on the trip is not as small or as open as an ultra light, but his two-seater LSA ( Light Sport Aircraft ) made... Posted Aug 23 2007, 04:22 AM by "homebuilt aircraft OR airplane" OR "light sport aircraft OR airplane" OR "sport pilot" - Google News

• NASA prize challenge could boost general aviation and unmanned air ... - Flight International

  NASA prize challenge could boost general aviation and unmanned air ... Flight International - 12 minutes ago ... and show that a two-seat light-sport aircraft could achieve a cruise speed of 112kt (208km/h) with fuel consumption of 42.2km/litre (87nm... Posted Aug 23 2007, 02:28 AM by "homebuilt aircraft OR airplane" OR "light sport aircraft OR airplane" OR "sport pilot" - Google News

• EAA: Clock Is Ticking On "Fat" Ultralights - AVweb

  EAA: Clock Is Ticking On "Fat" Ultralights AVweb, CT - 21 minutes ago ... to experimental light sport aircraft (E-LSA) status, and EAA is reminding owners that they better get started now if they want to be ready by that date. ... Read More... Posted Aug 22 2007, 09:41 PM by "homebuilt aircraft OR airplane" OR "light sport aircraft OR airplane" OR "sport pilot" - Google News