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American Legend -- Cub
The American Legend Cub is... well, a legend in Special Light-Sport Aircraft. The iconic Cub look is well captured by this Texas company that has owned the #2 sales spot (#1 among American companies) since the first LSA flew in 2005. Legend has developed engine choices, offers floats, and even has a kit program. |
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American Legend -- Amphib Cub
The Legend Cub series -- the best-selling SLSA since day one -- is available in a variety of formats: regular land version, straight float version, amphib float version, and in kit-built form. Here we look at the Baumann float-equipped Legend Cub and we like what we see with these mechanically-actuated floats (no hydraulic weight). |
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Legend Cub
"Flying the American Legend Cub"
by Dan Johnson.
Published in EAA Sport Pilot & Light Sport Aircraft Magazine,
October, 2006.
Pilot Report begins: Familiar...Yellow...Tandem...FUN! Many light-sport aircraft (LSA) aspire to a futuristic look, using exotic materials like carbon fiber with shapes that are sleek and finely contoured. Other designers chose another niche. American Legend Aircraft Company of Sulphur Springs, Texas, is one of three companies that have recreated the venerable Piper Cub, which has so captured the imagination of the general public that the words "Piper Cub" are used by the unknowing to describe almost any airplane without
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SPLOG
The Mid-Year View, 07/13/2010
SPLOG begins: I had some fun today talking with Jim Sweeney , guest host of Roy Beisswenger's Ultraflight Radio Show . *** Our first topic was the state of the LSA industry. I first picked my pal Dan Johnson 's satellite-view brain of the LSA Big Picture to glean we're |
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Winter Ops, 12/28/2009
SPLOG begins: I'm sitting at my desk, gloom and doom outside the window as the snow flakes fall , wishing I had one of these: a Legend SkiCub . *** I confess I succumbed to a nostalgic moment, remembering the wonderful trip I had with Darrin Hart and the boys from |
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SPLOG
Catching Up With The Legend, 12/03/2009
SPLOG begins: American Legend , makers of the popular fun flivver Legend Cub SLSA and Texas Sport kit version, aren't letting any bad-economy moss grow under their Cub-yellow tennies. *** First, the top-selling American LSA maker received ASTM certification and has |
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SPLOG
Pair of Floatplanes Announced: Legend and Remos, 10/09/2009
SPLOG begins: We've arrived at the end of the main float-flying season, but two of our largest Light-Sport Aircraft manufacturers just announced floatplane models. Welcome to the American Legend FloatCub and the Remos GX on floats. Each company contracted with float |
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SPLOG
LSA Attain New Plateau in Aviation World, 08/05/2009
SPLOG begins: Viewed from the LSA Mall, AirVenture 2009 was much more than the summer's big celebration of flight. Several important events tell a story of growing acceptance of LSA. Here's a short list: LAMA hosted a meeting of G10 (the 10 largest LSA producers) and |
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Strong Survive Tough Economy...Some Repositioning, 05/12/2009
SPLOG begins: We continue to see the effects of the last year of economic turmoil in Light-Sport Aircraft market shares. The chart accompanying this SPLOG tells the numbers as always presented, with total market share since the first deliveries in 2005 based on carefully-reviewed |
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Avemco Offers "Favored Rates" for Selected SLSA, 05/08/2009
SPLOG begins: REPORTING AFTER SUN 'N FUN --- Not as exciting as a perfect landing, insurance is nonetheless a vital component of flying. For the most part: no insurance/no flying . And, as we've seen play out on the national stage with AIG (though not the aviation |
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Heart of Texas LSA Expo Judged a Success, 03/09/2009
SPLOG begins: Exhibitor Chris Regis of Paradise USA (representing the P-1) reported "good visitor traffic" and "excellent organization" from the people behind the Heart of Texas LSA Expo . The new event, held over March 8 & 9 is one of two planned shows following |
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2008 In Review; a Look at the Year for LSA Sales, 12/12/2008
SPLOG begins: With one month to go (and it's hard to imagine a big December), we have figures to report for this most extraordinary year. We're all (painfully) aware of the economic predicament, but how has this impacted light-sport aviation? Here's my observations. |
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Light-Sport Aircraft Mature--Legend's Celebration, 11/06/2008
SPLOG begins: Legend has good reason for celebration (and no, this has nothing to do with Obama's election) . In the lifespan of Light-Sport Aircraft -- the first deliveries reach their fourth anniversary next April -- Legend was an early success...a story that continues |
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Avemco Investigates LSA; Continues Insurance, 06/01/2008
SPLOG begins: Does FAA control aviation? They regulate it (sometimes well). True control may be in the hands of insurance companies. Just try to operate your airplane, your airport, your aviation business without insurance coverage. Insurance companies help keep airports |
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Floatplane Season Means Fun for LSA Enthusiasts, 05/10/2008
SPLOG begins: With summer just around the corner, floatplane flying regains its special appeal. In about a month, I'll have an announcement of a very exciting, ultramodern new seaplane that will make your jaw drop. But today, you can get an incentive at the opposite |
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U.S. Leading Manufacturer of LSA Remains a Legend, 03/12/2007
SPLOG begins: With the delivery of their 88th Legend Cub , the Sulphur Springs, Texas-based company handily confirmed its well-out-in-front leadership among American companies building SLSA. If fact, among the entire fleet, Legend is a solid number two behind Flight |
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Sidebar
Bringing the Legend Home, 10/01/2006
Sidebar begins: RICH GIANNOTTI I may be the only person who attended Sun 'n Fun and EAA AirVenture Oshkosh this year with my airplane without it leaving the ground. Why? Because my uncovered fuselage was on display at Sun 'n Fun in American Legend Aircraft's booth, and |
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Legend is First Cub to Sport a Jabiru Engine, 08/08/2006
SPLOG begins: Legend Aircraft 's Cub is one of the top selling SLSA, ranking up high with Flight Design's CT, Fantasy Air's Allegro, Evektor's SportStar, and TL Ultralight's StingSport. Both American-made Cub-like designs (Legend's and CubCrafters ') have been 100% |
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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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A Legend Makes An Appearance, 04/04/2005
SPLOG begins: As a new season of flying for fun starts the Legend Cub from Sulphur Springs, Texas made its first flight. Company founders Tim Elliott and Darin Hart say their new Cub lookalike (it isn't identical, for example, it's got a wider cockpit) is for "recreational |
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