Here, we'll examine seven popular Experimental and Light Sport Aircraft kit designs. Zenith CH 750 Cruzer The Zenith CH 750 Cruzer is a modern, all-metal, two ...

Welcome to recreational—and, yes, affordable—aviation. To offer a taste of the 158 aircraft the FAA has accepted as special (fully built) light sport aircraft (LSA)—plus more than 100 kit ...

The Zenith CH 750 STOL is an example of a popular E/AB kit airplane that can be flown with a sport pilot certificate. [Photo: Zenith Aircraft]. Back in 2004 when the FAA created the light sport ...

Anticipating early approval, manufacturers of composite aircraft were lining up in early 2003 to launch lightweight recreational flying machines that conformed to proposed rules for the U.S. Federal ...

Bearhawk Aircraft , based in Austin, Texas, has delivered its first two Bearhawk LSA aircraft kits to South Africa and New Zealand, the company said.

Van's latest design is the RV-12, a two-seater with a 100-horsepower engine. It was designed to fit the Federal Aviation Administration's light sport aircraft category, which limits aircraft to ...

Editor’s note: This is the first in a two-part series on FAA certification of light sport and electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. The second can be found here. A […] ...

Ion Aircraft reports "very positive feedback" for its proposed Ion 100 two-seat tandem pusher-propeller kitplane revealed at the AirVenture show in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The Minnesota-based company ...

Two decades of data show that flying LSA-approved aircraft was safer than amateur-built kit and ultralight aircraft, according to Vertical Flight Society Director of Strategy Mike Hirschberg.