Checking The Light Sport Aircraft List When Buying Such An Aircraft
Sport pilots need to check the light sport aircraft list if they want to buy such an aircraft to avoid confusion when they are planning to purchase from other countries. When considering light sport aircraft for sale in other countries, it is vital to ensure that what you have chosen is really considered by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as such because other countries have different specifications. If the aircraft for sale happens to surpass the limits imposed by the FAA, a sport pilot license will not be adequate for a person to be allowed to fly the aircraft. A private pilot license may be required which has more stringent requirements for a person to obtain it. One such light sport aircraft list is available on the website of the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA).
Included in the special light sport aircraft list of the EAA are the Aeropro CZ Aerotek A220, the Bilham Aviation Sky Cruiser, the CGS Aviation Hawk, the Dova DV-1 Skylark, Eagle Aviation EA-100, Fantasy Air Allegro, Gobosh G700, Indus Aviation T211 Thorpedo, Jabiru USA Sport Aircraft Calypso-SP, the Opus Aircraft Super 2, Rainbow Aircraft Cheetah XLS, the S-wing Aircraft USA Swing 06, the Tecnam Bravo, the X-Air XA 85 and the Zalady Lotniscz. These are known as special light sport aircraft because they have already been built in the factory and the pilots can fly them once they have arrived. However, the airworthiness certificate of these aircraft can be modified by the private owners to experimental light sport aircraft.
Another way to ensure that the aircraft you are buying falls within the specifications of a light sport aircraft is to ensure that the company that manufactures it is based in the US. Examples are the Aeropro CZ Aerotrek A220, which is built by Aerotrek Aircraft-Rollison Light Sport Aircraft from Bloomfield, Indiana, the Gobosh G700 that is manufactured by Gobosh LSA from Moline, Illinois, the Storm Aircraft Rally LSA that is constructed by Air Elite Aviation Inc. from Three Rivers, Michigan, the Sport Hornet that is built by Higher Class Aviation from Seal Beach, California, the Opus Aircraft Super 2 that is made by Opus Aircraft of Stoneville, North Carolina, the EA-100 that is built by Eagle Aviation from Oshkosh, Wisconsin, the CubCrafters CC11-100 Sport Cub that is constructed by CubCrafters Inc. from Yakima, Washington, and the FA 04 Peregrine that is manufactured by the Hansen Air Group in Kennesaw, Georgia.
Aside from airplanes, the light sport aircraft list of the EAA also includes other kinds of aircraft. For powered parachutes, we have the Powrachute AirWolf 912ULS, the Infinity Power Parachutes, the Six Chuter P103, the Summit II, and the Soaring Concepts Sky Trek. Under the weight shift control or trikes category are the Airborne WindsportsEdge XT-912 Outback, Apollo Monsoon, DTA Voyageur II, Krucker Cygnet, North Wing Sport XTC, P&M Quik GT450, Tanarg 912, North Wing Sport X2, GTE 912, Apollo North America Delta Jet AS-III, and the Airborne WindsportsEdge X-912-B. For gliders, we have the UFM-13 Lambada and the LSA-Gliders TST-14.
