LSA/Sport

The factory-built Zenith CH 750 will be returning to the market later this spring after Zenair inked an agreement with M-Squared Aircraft in Mobile, Alabama, to resume production of the ready-to-fly STOL aircraft. The STOL CH 750 was originally offered as a factory-built S-LSA a number of years ago. Now it’s back, and completion of […]

Evektor, a Czech builder of light sport airplanes and ultralights, has flown the first production-conforming EV-55 Outback utility twin, an airplane that promises to dramatically raise the company’s profile when it enters the market. Evektor test pilots flew the EV-55 from Kunovice Airport this month for a short flight ahead of a test regimen that […]

Icon Aircraft says its controversial customer agreement — a 40-page document that the first 100 buyers of the A5 light sport amphibian will be required to sign before taking delivery of their new airplanes — was really all about limiting the effects of crippling product liability, which the company says has negatively impacted the general […]

Glasair announced yesterday that it has achieved SLSA approval for its Merlin light sport aircraft. While the Arlington, Washington-based company has been in the business of making experimental airplanes since the 1980s, including the Sportsman four-seat airplane built through the two-weeks-to-taxi program, Merlin is Glasair’s first production airplane. Merlin will not be offered as an […]

Garmin’s Team X has developed new equipment for experimental and light sport aircraft, providing new audio panel options and an electronic flight instrument. Garmin’s GMA 245 and remotely mounted GMA 245R audio panels provide “home theatre sound quality to the cockpit,” says Carl Wolf, Garmin’s vice president of aviation sales and marketing. The new audio […]

Each year, we at Flying select a small handful of products, companies or organizations that have had a positive impact on general aviation during the previous year. It’s the stamp of approval pilots look for when shopping for avionics, making aircraft-purchase decisions, or trying to separate merely good products from great ones. But it’s more […]

If you’ve been looking for an airplane that fits a tight budget, the Merlin PSA may be just what you need. Lakeland, Florida-based Aeromarine LSA says the one-seat Experimental Amateur-Built (A-EB) airplane can be put together at the company’s facilities in about two weeks at the very light price point of $34,900. After that, all […]

The National Park Service conducted a series of tests last week to determine the amount of noise produced by electric-powered aircraft and compared them to the noise levels produced by conventional aircraft. Aero Electric Aircraft Corporation’s Sun Flyer overflew the Centennial Airport (KAPA) just south of Denver while representatives from the National Park Service gathered […]

What’s being billed as a practical, all-electric airplane designed for aviation flight training markets reached its final assembly fit check in early November. Following avionics integration and a paint job, the aircraft will be transported to Centennial Airport for the construction of its electric power plant. Comprehensive pilot training systems through Redbird Flight Simulations are […]

Quicksilver Aircraft, which recently launched the LSA qualified Sport 2SE, is shutting down its production facility in Temecula, California. Quicksilver’s president Will Escutia told Flying sales have dropped 25 percent in the past year from a level he described as already being at a “breaking point.” The company has produced more than 15,000 ultralights and […]