With Cessna poised on the threshold and training school interest growing, the market for light sport aircraft is about to take a huge leap in credibility The newest aviation market in the USA received ...

Note: Digital photograph available at http://www.rit.edu/news/pics/rit_lsa_course.jpg Pilots of light-sport aircraft—such as powered parachutes—can inspect and ...

A 2020 Vashon Ranger R7 Redwood light sport aircraft (LSA) with 134 hours is available for $139,500. The aircraft is praised for its balance of ruggedness, practicality, and ease of flight. It ...

Defining the rules for light-sport aircraft is a big test for Europe's fledgling safety agency EASA. Can it cut through political red tape? The future of light aircraft in Europe includes relaxed ...

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 ...

Credit: Molly McMillin OSHKOSH—On the second day of the EAA AirVenture airshow, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy announced that a rule regarding MOSAIC (Modernization of Special ...

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 proposed rule modification ...

Cessna Aircraft Friday took a step forward in its plans to become a major player in the light-sport aircraft market with the delivery of the first Model 162 Skycatcher Light Sport Aircraft (LSA). The ...

Aviator Mike Blyth and adventurer James Pitman are the two founders of Sling Aircraft, a South African company that has ...

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

The pilot of a light sport airplane that crashed near the Hana Airport in January said he believed that the plane’s engine “was not making rated power” as it descended into an area of tree-covered ...