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If there was ever any question regarding the viability of the LSA market, Cirrus and Cessna pretty much erased those concerns with announcements of their own LSAs at AirVenture 2007.

Light-Sport Aircraft ended a successful year in 2007 with sales up 98%, registering 565 new fixed wing airplanes for the calendar year for a total of 1,118 airplanes. Including weight shift, powered parachutes, and gliders (no gyro or lighter-than-air yet), total registrations for the year hit 720, up 120% over the previous year close and totaling 1,395 LSA nationwide.

What is a certificated Sport Pilot Flight Instructor (CFIS)?

A Sport Pilot instructor has privileges similar to other FAA certificated flight instructors; however, he or she may only provide instruction in the category of light- sport aircraft in which he or she is qualified and operates under FAR 61 Subpart K rather than Subpart H. A CFIS may also perform proficiency checks to add a category or class to the certificate of an existing Sport Pilot and Sport Pilot CFIS in a Light Sport Aircraft LSA

The FAA Sport Pilot initiative became effective on September 1, 2004. On Tuesday, January 11, 2005 the first ultralight trainer was certificated as an experimental light-sport aircraft (E-LSA).The Orlando Flight Standards District Office (FSDO) inspected and awarded an E-LSA airworthiness certificate to a Maxair Drifter.

1/24/2008 Yakima, WA: In a special ceremony at CubCrafters’ manufacturing facility in Yakima, WA, Boeing Commercial Aircraft President and CEO Scott Carson took delivery of his brand new SPORT CUB.LSA.