It is quite easy for most pilots to name the top brands in the light sport marketplace. Makers like Icon, Bristell, Pipistrel, Sling, and Flight Design are all “top of the mind” when it comes to thinking about the lighter side of recreational flying. But if you dig a layer deeper than the obvious big […]
Bargain prices and advanced avionics can be found on the used light sport aircraft market.
We all know many people who express an interest in learning to fly, but when they finally decide to walk into a flight school that only teaches private pilot and above, the sticker shock of earning a private pilot certificate can often scare them right back into the parking lot. It is this high cost […]
New Bristell LSA owner Don McKenzie takes FLYING deep inside the ownership experience, and details what it is like to own and fly one of general aviation’s best-looking light-sport models.
Morning fog gradually gave way to sunny skies and pleasant temperatures near 80 degrees as the U.S. Sport Aviation Expo opened its doors to the LSA community yesterday at the Sebring Regional Airport in central Florida. It was a marked difference from last year’s show, when wind and rain put a damper on the five-day […]
| The light sport category has come a long way in eight short years. What began as an FAA initiative to bridge the price and performance gaps between ultralights and certified general aviation airplanes has evolved into a bona fide market segment all its own. Incredibly, more than 50 manufacturers around the world build light […]
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