Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: Light Sport Shopping Experiences

Don:
There are very few Light Sport Aircraft that will take you "far and fast and full". Most have limited gas tanks, are well under the 120 knot limitation, and have a light useful load.

The # 1 selling model, Flight Design, has been around since 1997, so yes, there are some used ones available. New ones are also available with immediate delivery. See my web site www.lsanorth.com/products.htm for details.

The CT has 34 gallon tanks, 1000 mile range. A fast cruise 115 @ 75% power, 120 at full. A 110 pound baggage compartment. Most have a useful load of around 600 pounds depending upon installed options.
It is also 49 inches wide in the cockpit. I have flown with 6' 7" men with no problems, and I am 6' myself.

Regards,
Scott Johnson
LSA North

--- In Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com, "dongeneda2000" <DonGeneda@...> wrote:
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> I have spent a lot of time shopping for a plane I can fly using my sport pilot qualifications (72 year old pilot, could not pass a medical, also an A&P, wants to go far and fast).
> I seem to sort them out some, with the Sport Cruiser seeming to be a great choice, anybody have any experience with one of them?
> The other somewhat hard to explain thing is that the market has many low to mid time four place certificated planes available at half the price of a sport cruiser. Apparently the new market for LSA aircraft has not yet allowed production to catch up with demand. Do you think it will be better as time goes on?
>

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