Quicksilver Sport S2SE LSA Achieves Certification

Tuesday, July 01, 2014 at 08:49 PM ET

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** FAA Aviation Safety Inspector John Soltis hands over the S-LSA airworthiness certificate to Quicksilvers president and CEO Will Escutia along with Chief Operating Officer Dan Perez and FAA Aviation Safety Inspector Kym Robbins.**

Key Takeaways:

Quicksilver's factory-built Sport S2SE has received its S-LSA airworthiness certificate from the FAA, making the two-seat aircraft ready for customer deliveries.
The Sport S2SE features an open, side-by-side cockpit design and is priced at $39,999, making it one of the most affordable S-LSAs on the market.
Quicksilver is preparing to fulfill a significant order, including 77 units of the S2SE for a Chinese university.
The company is also working towards S-LSA certification for its GT500 model, a fully enclosed, tandem-configured two-seater.

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Quicksilver has received the S-LSA airworthiness certificate from the FAA for its factory-built Sport S2SE. The factory assembled two-seat LSA is now ready to be delivered to customers around the country through three facilities in Temecula, California, Reserve, Louisiana, and Rochester, Minnesota.

Developed from Quicksilver’s popular ultralight designs, which have been around since the early 1970s, the S2SE was approved for production in May. With a cockpit that is made up of a tubular framework without any kind of coverings, the side-by side design allows its occupants to fully experience their surroundings in flight. The retail price has been set at $39,999, one of the lowest on the S-LSA market.