Bearhawk Aircraft has announced the delivery of two Bearhawk LSA aircraft kits to South Africa and New Zealand. The Bearhawk LSA is a two-place tandem seated aircraft for sport, recreation and utility ...

Any pilot familiar with Van's Aircraft probably could have guessed that when the company decided to build a light sport aircraft, it would deliver a lot of smiles for not much money. The kitplane ...

A light sport aircraft (LSA) version of the Dynamic WT9 is now the third LSA offered by US distributor Sport Aircraft Works. Previously, the retractable-gear aircraft was only available as a kit. But ...

Small, simple, affordable: From vintage Piper Cubs to Aeronca Champs, Ercoupes, Taylorcrafts and Luscombes, these are the airplanes that kindled America’s love affair with general aviation in the ...

Light sport aircraft (LSA) offer an affordable entry point into flying. LSAs in the US are categorized as either factory-built (S-LSA) or homebuilt (E-LSA). Flight training can be conducted by ...

In the 1990s, Steve Schultz, CEO of Ion Aircraft (St. Paul, Minn.), was one of about 145 people who placed orders and laid down deposits for a small plane that never made it off the drawing board.

The designs that dominate the US light-sport aircraft (LSA) market are European, and their manufacturers are eagerly awaiting new regulations from the European Aviation Safety Agency to open the ...