Since it was first seen by Americans, then often called the "Carbon Sting" in a reference to its majority carbon fiber construction, U.S. pilots have loved the sleek and capable StingSport. With more than 500 flying worldwide, this airplane is well proven and improves on similar models in operation since the 1990s. TL-Ultralight, the Czech-based manufacturer, has produced approximately 1,200 aircraft.
In 2007, they introduced the TL-3000 composite high-wing LSA that maintains the sleek look of the StingSport. And in early 2008, SportairUSA added the greatly enhanced Sting S3.
Special Light-Sport Aircraft sold by SportairUSA come exceptionally well equipped with a standard equipment list strong on safety items -- an airframe parachute and seat-belt-based airbags -- as well as avionics such as the deluxe panel-mounted Garmin 496 GPS and the innovative Straight & Level button. Given StingSport's excellent performance and handling it is no wonder the company's motto, proudly stated, is "Fly Safe, Fly Fun!" It seems easy to do in a StingSport.
SportairUSA is the North American distributor for StingSport. The Arkansas-based business has established a dealer network around the U.S. and Canada that is able to show, sell, and service your new StingSport. In a time when Americans enjoy many Light-Sport Aircraft choices, those with the best companies backing them are destined to be the most popular with discriminating buyers. Based on its forthright business practices, Sportair USA should be seriously considered by any new customer.
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TL Ultralight -- Sting S3
In its next generation model, the Sting S3 brings new sophistication to a Light-Sport Aircraft that was already one of the sleekest and best equipped models available. A leading seller, Sting comes with more standard features than most LSA, including safety-oriented airframe parachute and seat belt airbags. Sting is an all-carbon fiber construction. |
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TL Ultralight Debuts Evolved Sting S4, 05/02/2010
SPLOG begins: Not a company to rest on their laurels, TL Ultralight -- represented in America since the beginning of LSA by Sportair USA -- debuted their Sting S4 at the German Aero show in April. Besides developing an all-new high-wing design (the TL-3000 Sirius ...photo |
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Handsome New High Wing... Sirius -- SLSA #103, 09/28/2009
SPLOG begins: Most folks following the Light-Sport Aircraft development know the Sting, refreshed for the U.S. market with the S3 model. I covered the development announcement of TL Ultralight's new high wing . Now, welcome to the TL3000 Sirius as the newest SLSA to |
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Free Straight & Level Button for Sting S3 Owners, 10/31/2008
SPLOG begins: Recently I visited Cirrus Design. I saw progress on the Cirrus Vision jet and the new Garmin Perspective panel for the SR22. Both aircraft are full of high-end avionics. *** Down here in the world of Light-Sport Aircraft, we have far less costly choices |
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Big Crowds at the Sun 'n Fun LSA Mall, 04/20/2008
SPLOG begins: Sun 'n Fun 2008 is history, but planning is already underway for the 2009 event . Event boss John Burton confirmed we will again have the LAMA-hosted LSA Mall right at the front gate next April 21-26. A major success at this year's Lakeland, Florida airshow, |
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High Priced Light-Sport Aircraft; What's Going On?, 03/15/2008
SPLOG begins: Lots of folks are wondering about, or complaining about, the seemingly high prices of Light-Sport Aircraft. Recently a prior editor-in-chief of EAA publications, Scott Spangler , wrote a blog on JetWhine . Scott focused on expensive avionics as one reason |
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SportairUSA to Unveil Evolved Sting S3 at Sebring, 01/16/2008
SPLOG begins: SEBRING 2008 UPDATE -- Through the first three years of LSA sales StingSport from TL Ultralights has earned the #7 rank equaling an estimated 5% of the U.S. market. The new Sting S3 should push the popularity of this 98% carbon fiber low wing. S3 has |
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Handsome New High Wing... Sirius -- SLSA #103, 09/28/2009
SPLOG begins: Most folks following the Light-Sport Aircraft development know the Sting, refreshed for the U.S. market with the S3 model. I covered the development announcement of TL Ultralight's new high wing . Now, welcome to the TL3000 Sirius as the newest SLSA to |
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TL-Ultralight Makes First Flight in New Sirius, 06/25/2008
SPLOG begins: You might say it's Sirius when TL-3000 takes to the air for the first time. Kidding aside, the new model's U.S. importer is seriously happy about their composite high wing making its initial flight. Czech producer TL-Ultralight makes the sleek low-wing |
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Got An LSA Opinion? SportairUSA Wants Your Input., 10/24/2007
SPLOG begins: The customer is king...even before becoming a customer. StingSport seller SportairUSA has launched an online survey to find out what you think. Will you waste your time? Not if you have an opinion and want someone to listen carefully. You could also pick |
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SportairUSA to Unveil Sirius High-Wing LSA, 07/11/2007
SPLOG begins: With events like Sebring and Sun 'n Fun , AirVenture Oshkosh is a grand venue to introduce something new...or something coming soon. The mockup of the Cessna Sport won't be the only new model. SportairUSA has represented the low-wing, all-carbon-fiber |
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Sun 'n Fun Ran Simultaneously with Germany's Aero, 04/23/2007
SPLOG begins: Talk about your transatlantic jet set...a number of exhibitors attended the first few days of Sun 'n Fun and then blasted off for the south of Germany, to Aero -- an every-other-year airshow that has become a focus for light-sport airplanes. EAA Sport |
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Zlin Savage (0208)
"Savage Cub-like Taildragger"
by Dan Johnson.
Published in EAA Sport Pilot & Light Sport Aircraft Magazine,
February, 2008.
Pilot Report begins: As we near the fourth anniversary of the introduction of the first special light-sport aircraft (S-LSA) in April 2004, notable successes have been achieved. With approximately 1,000 fixed-wing LSA-plus several hundred flex wings-in the national fleet, and with the entry of Cessna and Cirrus into the LSA marketplace, LSA have clearly become part of the aviation scene. Whatever the soothsayers predict for the future of LSA, one fact has been established: Pretty yellow taildraggers generate a solid
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iPad Comes To The Cockpit!, 06/24/2010
SPLOG begins: If you want to have a rocking good time without ever leaving your seat, check out this video clip of an upcoming film titled, "No Second Chances." Billed as "an Alaskan bush adventure on steroids" if this teaser is any indication, ho shee mama , this |
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"We've Got a Plane for That!" ...iCub, 06/23/2010
SPLOG begins: SportairUSA, run by proprietor Bill Canino , has long been an innovator in the LSA business. His company doesn't build Light-Sport airplanes but Bill has triggered several interesting add-ons: he was one of the first (along with Flight Design USA) to |
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Zlin Savage...Isn't; Fun, Lower-Cost Cub-like LSA, 01/05/2009
SPLOG begins: Given how she flies, I really don't know why the Zlin developers settled on the name Savage . It simply isn't "savage" despite being a taildragger that challenges some tricycle-gear-trained pilots. Sure you'll need training or prior experience to qualify |
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Zlin Savage Cub, 10/01/2006
Sidebar begins: [UPDATED -- May 2007: Savage Cub is now represented by Savage Aircraft Sales (www.savageaircraftsales.com) located at 6609 Northeim Road, Manitowoc WI 54220; or call (920)726-5260.] Is the concept of a renewed Cub a phenomenon that developed with the |
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Cub Trio Aims to Fill the Sky with LSA, 09/06/2005
SPLOG begins: Triplet LSA Cubs entering the market show the popularity of this venerable design. First approved as an SLSA was the Legend Cub which offers many features desired by those who love J-3 Cubs. Shortly after Legend came approval for the Savage Cub and the |
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| StingSport
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StingSport
"StingSport, a Carbon Fiber LSA"
by Dan Johnson.
Published in EAA Sport Pilot & Light Sport Aircraft Magazine,
November, 2004.
Pilot Report begins: A fully loaded, top-of-the-range aircraft Eastern European aircraft are expected to factor massively in the coming wave of light-sport aircraft (LSA) available to Americans. Several designs have already begun to attract interest as we get closer to approval of the ASTM International consensus standards that will govern the design, construction, and maintenance of these machines. One airplane that generated significant interest at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh for the last three years is the TL-2000 Sting.
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Got An LSA Opinion? SportairUSA Wants Your Input., 10/24/2007
SPLOG begins: The customer is king...even before becoming a customer. StingSport seller SportairUSA has launched an online survey to find out what you think. Will you waste your time? Not if you have an opinion and want someone to listen carefully. You could also pick |
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AOPA's Hartford Expo Has Generous Count of LSA, 10/04/2007
SPLOG begins: Most pilots know AOPA , the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, has been fighting the user fee battle...and they've been doing well resisting the might of the U.S. government. But they must also have a connection with Mother Nature as warm, beautiful |
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Come See LSA at AOPA's 2007 Expo in Hartford, 09/16/2007
SPLOG begins: At Oshkosh I took the chance to speak with several general aviation leaders -- CEOs of top general aviation companies and presidents of leading membership organizations. All have been kind to me with their time and generous with their support for the |
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SportairUSA to Unveil Sirius High-Wing LSA, 07/11/2007
SPLOG begins: With events like Sebring and Sun 'n Fun , AirVenture Oshkosh is a grand venue to introduce something new...or something coming soon. The mockup of the Cessna Sport won't be the only new model. SportairUSA has represented the low-wing, all-carbon-fiber |
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Czech Republic Is the Major LSA Exporter, 05/16/2007
SPLOG begins: You can hardly doubt the headline. A cruise through our SLSA List will show almost a quarter of all (12 of 50) designs that have won certification are from the Czech Republic. Even the USA counts only 11 SLSA models so far. Yet perhaps showing global |
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Light Sport Airplanes West Officially Opens, 04/29/2007
SPLOG begins: Within 24 hours of getting home from Sun 'n Fun, several industry leaders including Evektor America's Jeff Conrad , Flight Design USA's Tom Peghiny , Jabiru USA's Ed Ricks , and BRS parachute's Gregg Ellsworth packed up and headed off to California. What |
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Sun 'n Fun Ran Simultaneously with Germany's Aero, 04/23/2007
SPLOG begins: Talk about your transatlantic jet set...a number of exhibitors attended the first few days of Sun 'n Fun and then blasted off for the south of Germany, to Aero -- an every-other-year airshow that has become a focus for light-sport airplanes. EAA Sport |
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Sting at St. Louis Sport Pilot Tour, 06/14/2005
SPLOG begins: At the second EAA Sport Pilot Tour SportAir USA and their local rep, Wicks Aircraft, brough a pair of their sharp Sting aircraft. Also known as the Carbon Sting or StingSport, the handsome low wing comes from the fifth of six companies to earn their Special-Light |
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