LSA/Sport

Sometimes the best way to fly is without any boundaries between you and the outdoors. Flying reader Michael Daniels recently did just that, enjoying the openness of a Quicksilver S2. Check out the great footage he captured during the flight. Want more? Head over to our “Flying Is” channel for all reader videos. Get exclusive […]

While Icon Aircraft recently conducted a series of flights where the company’s CEO, Kirk Hawkins, tested the water handling characteristics and maneuverability of the A5 amphibious LSA, the company has started establishing a flight training program for the two-seat airplane. As Icon finalizes the FAA approval process for the A5 in anticipation for the first […]

Perhaps you are the type of person who likes to go on road trips while traveling within the protective confines of a car. Or maybe you prefer to experience the trip with all of your senses, on a motorcycle, where you can feel the speed, touch the elements of nature, and hear and smell the […]

The North American P-51 Mustang is possibly the most highly revered airplane ever created, and several companies have released look-alikes of the classic warbird. The most recent addition to the Mustang stable comes from FK-Lightplanes — a Polish company that produces LSAs and aerobatic airplanes. Its SW51 recently took to the skies for the first […]

The quest for low-cost, environmentally friendly flight continues. One company working on a solar powered all-electric two-seater called the Sun Flyer is Aero Electric Aircraft Corp. along with its development partners Bye Aerospace and German PC Aero. AEAC has started conducting research and development flights with a single-seat technology demonstrator at Centennial Airport (APA) near […]

Icon Aircraft brought the first production-conforming Icon A5 to Oshkosh, and it’s a stunner. Icon founder Kirk Hawkins unveiled the red and white LSA, dubbed ESN-1 for engineering serial number 1, at the show on Sunday night. The slick two-seater was built at Icon’s headquarters in California over the past five months and flew for […]

Look out Icon A5. A new light sport amphibian from a Minnesota startup company is transforming the idea of what an airplane can be with some impressive value-added features, like a foldout flat floor that turns the LSA into a bass boat and hardware allowing a hammock to be slung across the tail. The two-seat […]

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 […]

What good does an SLSA certificate do for a company in the light sport market? Well, in the case of California manufacturer Quicksilver Aircraft, the answer is “a lot” and quickly too. Quicksilver yesterday announced the sale of 77 of its recently certificated S2SE model, an open air ultralight style airplane constructed with aluminum tubing […]

Pipistrel has received some good news that will allow the Slovenian company to continue to deliver its LSAs to customers in the United States. Representatives from the FAA have gone through the company’s manufacturing plants in Slovenia and Italy, conducting an operations audit that verified Pipistrel’s products, production organization, continued airworthiness procedures, maintenance aspects and […]