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April 07, 2022

Flight Design Awaits FAA Certification, Monitors Facility in Occupied Ukraine

The spacious Light-Sport Aircraft, Flight Design’s F2, has taken the next step in becoming FAA certified.

Concurrently with this development, however, has come fear for workers in the company’s Ukrainian facility. The European Union Aviation Safety Agency recently submitted a validation request to the FAA for the F2. The request, which is being processed through the Small Aircraft Standards Branch in Kansas City, Missouri, is the next step in getting the two-seat high wing certified under Part 23. The F2 received approval from the European aviation certification body in December 2021, earning an EASA CS-23 certification similar to the FAA’s Part 23 certification. Recent updates allowed for greater harmony between the two re

From 2014 (YouTube Version): A New Single-Seat SportPlane Shows Great Potential For Serious Fun

While at the Sport Aviation Expo 2014, ANN CEO and Editor-In-Chief, Jim Campbell stopped by to talk with Dan Weseman, the president of Sport Performance Aviation. Sitting on display was their snappy looking single place light sport airplane that seems to be cut from a different cloth than most other LSA’s on display. Called the Panther, the airplane is being produced only in a kit version at this time. It is designed for someone to certify as an experimental amateur built airplane that complies with the LSA definition. It’s also designed for the