Belite Aircraft

Belite Aircraft, makers of the popular Chipper and Chipper 2 single-engine aircraft kits, said their facility on the northeast side of the air capital in Wichita was destroyed late Saturday night by fire. The blaze apparently began when “the dust collection system on our CNC router was working overtime making parts for kits,” according to […]

The Chipper SS, Chipper Aero’s newest kitplane for the amateur-built market arrives at Sun n’ Fun late Tuesday from Wichita, in time to strut its short takeoff and landing (STOL) stuff for the crowds through the weekend. Belite Aircraft company president James Wiebe said, “We continued to hear the call for a Part 103 (ultralight) […]

Belite Enterprises just introduced a new 4-channel engine temperature gauge offered through its Radiant Technology line that is perfect for troubleshooting minor problems, as well as tracking normal engine operations. The new low-cost gauge combines numerous functions into a simple, small lightweight unit that uses high contrast LCD full-color screens easily readable in bright sunlight. […]

Belite Aircraft’s short takeoff and landing airplane, the Chipper arrived yesterday sprouting a new pair of metal wings, as well as a few other updates. An experimental kit-built airplane, the Chipper can now be created with aluminum-skinned wings riveted at the leading edge and bonded to the wing ribs. Belite’s President James Wiebe told Flying […]

Being a tail dragger aficionado since my Citabria ownership days probably gave me a leg up on taking to Belite Aircraft‘s Chipper when I first saw it at Sun N Fun in April. Belite’s president, James Wiebe, made it clear from the start of our conversation in Lakeland that the Chipper was a work in […]

James Wiebe and his Belite Aircraft team wanted to build a strong, lightweight airplane that would demand a minimal amount of labor to complete. In the early days of 2017 he created a clean-sheet aircraft with great short-field performance that he called the Chipper. It moved from the CAD system he and his team used […]

Belite Aircraft, a maker of single-seat ultralight aircraft, has introduced its first two-place model, called the Pipper. “I wanted to take my wife flying in a Belite aircraft,” explained James Wiebe, CEO of Belite, “and implement my years of learning about what it takes to make a light plane quick to build, strong and affordable […]