Recreational Light Sport Aircraft (LSA) offer an affordable and diverse way to experience the joy of flying, designed to uplift spirits beyond just practical transportation. The LSA market is ...

The initial Light Sport Aircraft (LSA) category, while aiming to make aviation more affordable and accessible, had flaws due to its arbitrary weight restrictions, excluding many common training ...

Cessna Aircraft is encouraged by the "overwhelmingly favorable" response its Light Sport Aircraft (LSA) is attracting, but the Wichita plane-maker plans to stick to its original schedule of making a ...

A newly launched Light-Sport Aircraft is manufactured by a team of Grand Junction aeronautical and mechanical engineers ...

The FAA has granted a light-sport aircraft airworthiness exemption to Pipistrel’s two-seat, high-wing Velis Electro, which allows U.S. flight schools to operate the electric aircraft for flight ...

The FAA's granting of an exemption to Textron eAviation means that Pipistrel Velis Electro owners and buyers can fly their electric-powered airplanes under light sport aircraft regulations without ...

At the Sun ’n Fun Aerospace Expo (April 9-15, 2024), Textron eAviation shows off its first Pipistrel Velis Electro to receive an FAA exemption from light sport ...

Icon Aircraft, the US-based manufacturer of the A5 amphibious light-sport aircraft, has filed for bankruptcy protection in US court and is seeking a buyer as part of a broad restructuring. The ...

The first phase of Modernization of Special Airworthiness Certification (MOSAIC) is now live. In July the new rule was announced by U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy during EAA AirVenture in ...

Slovenian aircraft maker Pipistrel recently delivered the first four Velis Electro fully-electric aircraft to US customers under a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) airworthiness exemption that ...