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Light sport aircraft from established OEMs have had their share of issues lately. Cessna’s SkyCatcher has experienced a pair of loss-of-control accidents, destroying two prototypes, but Cessna remains committed to the program. Cirrus, in contrast, is backing off from its light sport SRS, a “Cirrusized” version of a composite Polish design. The Duluth, Minnesota-based manufacturer […]

It wasn’t much of an afternoon to go flying. The weather was less-than-great VFR, though any VFR at all was a good thing because the airplane we were flying, the Remos GX, is a light sport aircraft, or LSA. And LSAs, as you probably know, are by regulation and without exception VFR-only machines. The Remos […]

Self-service avgas at my home airport is now $5.65 a gallon. And it promises to go higher with the next delivery from the fuel supplier. Suddenly, the cost of fuel is a much larger portion of my operating costs. I’ve been running lean of peak so the Lycoming IO-360 in my Cessna Cardinal runs at […]

When Cessna launched its new light-sport aircraft Model 162 at Oshkosh last summer, it said the airplane would be built outside of the United States, but didn?t say where. In late November the company announced the 162 SkyCatcher would be manufactured by Shenyang Aircraft Corporation in China. Cessna will do all design and compliance verification […]

Each month, Flying answers questions about the new Sport Pilot/Light Sport Aircraft rule with assistance from the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA), the authority on the opportunities available within the category commonly known as “Sport Pilot”: I renewed my CFI this year but don’t use the rating. Actually, I am now flying in the Sport Pilot […]

I’ll admit it. I wasn’t really seeing what the new Light Sport Aircraft (LSA) rules could do for aviation. Yes, the LSA rules are simplified and costs for a new airplane can be lower. And, yes, you can fly an LSA with a valid driver’s license instead of an FAA medical certificate. But the first […]

Do you need the logbook endorsements for Class B, C and D airspace if you have a Commercial Pilot Certificate with instrument rating but are operating as a sport pilot with your driver’s license as your medical? No, holders of higher-level pilot certificates are exempt from the requirement for an airspace endorsement when operating at […]

If you had the choice between buying a real J-3 or an LSA knockoff of a J-3, wouldn’t you pick the real McCoy? I used to think it was a no brainer. I’m not so sure any more. I stopped by the home of the American Legend Aircraft Company in Sulphur Springs, Texas, located about […]

The era of the light sport aircraft is here, and pilots are working hard to understand what, if anything, it means to them. The 452-page rule that the FAA put into law last fall is a complex one, to be sure, defining a whole new category that encom-passes a number of very different types of […]