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On 21 January 2010, Piper Aircraft announced that they had licensed a derivative of the SportCruiser and would market it as the PiperSport.Piper CEO Kevin Gould said: "The PiperSport is an amazing entry-level aircraft that will bring new customers into Piper and lead the way for those customers to step up into more sophisticated and higher performance aircraft within our line over time."
The main differences between the two are in span and weight: the UL has a shorter span (8.10 m (26 ft 7 in) than the LSA (10.10 m (33 ft 2 in). With an empty weight of 298 kg (657 lb) the prototype UL was somewhat over its target of 280 kg (620 lb) but 32 kg (71 lb) lighter than the LSA. [1] [2]
The SportStar was the first special light-sport aircraft (S-LSA) approved by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and was named "S-LSA Aircraft of the Year" in 2011 by AeroNews Network. [1] According to Flight International , the SportStar held the number-one seller spot in 2005, which the periodical attributed to its high range of ...
The civil aviation authorities in different countries have their own particular specifications and regulations which define the LSA category.. For example, in Australia the Civil Aviation Safety Authority defines a light-sport aircraft as a heavier-than-air or lighter-than-air craft, other than a helicopter, with a maximum gross takeoff weight of not more than 560 kg (1,235 lb) for lighter ...
The Jabiru LSA is a light aircraft developed in Australia in the early 1980s and marketed in the early 1990s. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Jabiru also sold many variants of the LSA design to meet with different Australian and international certification requirements, including complete, factory-built aircraft and kits for amateur construction .
The Glasair Merlin is a light-sport aircraft under development by Chinese-owned, United States–based Glasair Aviation. It will be supplied as a ready-to-fly Special LSA aircraft. [1] [2] The aircraft first flew on 7 April 2015 at Arlington, Washington and was accepted as a light-sport aircraft in late March 2016. [2] [3] [4]
The PiperSport distributors then formed a dealer association to ensure the continued sales of the SportCruiser and support of both the SportCruiser and PiperSport in the US. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] In 2016 the SportCruiser was the best seller aircraft in SLSA category in USA.
The BRM Aero Bristell NG 5, now called the Bristell Classic, is a Czech low-wing, two-seat in side-by-side configuration, single engine in tractor configuration, ultralight and light-sport aircraft that was designed by Milan Bristela and is produced by BRM Aero. The aircraft is supplied as a complete ready-to-fly aircraft. [2] [3] [4]