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Skyleader 500 (Kappa KP-5)
"SkyLeader's Wide-Body LSA"
by Dan Johnson.
Published in Light Sport and Ultralight Flying,
March, 2008.
Pilot Report begins: Sky Leading KP-5 First, Americans became aware of Kappa. This corporate identity was more easily pronounced than the next company name, Jihlavan (roughly, "YEE-lah-von") Airplanes. Now, after new investment and with new global ambitions, the company will be known as "Skyleader Aircraft." American tongues can relax with this easy reference. Unchanged are a common owner and the same skilled Jihlavan Airplanes technicians building the elegant KP-5/Skyleader 500 from the Czech Republic. It may not be
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How SLSA Are Certified
"A Glimpse at the S-LSA Certification Process"
by Dan Johnson.
Published in EAA Sport Pilot & Light Sport Aircraft Magazine,
September, 2005.
Sidebar begins: Tom Gunnarson Recreational aircraft ownership can bring great joy and satisfaction. From the pride of knowing a plane is solely yours to outfitting it to your personal tastes to the convenience of flying it where and when you desire, private ownership can bring many joys. The new sport pilot and light-sport aircraft (SP/LSA) regulations are reawakening interest in basic flying in non-complex, two-seat aircraft harkening to the golden age of aviation when requirements for personal flight were minimal.
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Kappa KP-5
"Kappa KP-5 An All metal Beauty"
by Dan Johnson.
Published in EAA Sport Pilot & Light Sport Aircraft Magazine,
September, 2005.
Pilot Report begins: Kappa's KP-5 ... a great trainer and more! At EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2005, 13 aircraft on display in the Light-Sport Aircraft (LSA) Mall- which put LSA on center stage just south of AeroShell Square- had their airworthiness certificates as special light-sport aircraft (S-LSA). (A 14th aircraft, the Savage Cub, exhibited in the North Commercial Area, also earned its S-LSA certificate, but only had one aircraft to display.) That 14 aircraft earned S-LSA certificates in the short span of three and a
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SPLOG
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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SPLOG
Sebring 2008 Concludes, and Still They Arrive, 01/23/2008
SPLOG begins: SEBRING 2008 -- Every outdoor airshow organizer must cope with weather. Florida was beautiful before the Sebring Expo opened. Cold, strong wings the final day brought out jackets but several companies continued demo flying . Plenty of flights were taken |
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SPLOG
LAMA Audits of SLSA Continue; Board Expanded, 08/04/2007
SPLOG begins: In a year of facilitating independent audits for Special Light-Sport Aircraft, LAMA, the Light Aircraft Manufacturers Association, completed reviews of six companies: IndUS (Thorpedo); Jihlavan (Kappa KP-5); Aeropro (EuroFox); Flight Design (CT); Czech |
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SPLOG
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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SPLOG
LAMA to Announce New Consumer Program, 04/04/2007
SPLOG begins: Odds are you've heard of LAMA, the Light Aircraft Manufacturers Association , founded in the earliest days of ultralights and gaining renewed importance in this era of Light-Sport Aircraft. Most leading LSA businesses (not only manufacturers) are members; |
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SPLOG
Kappa KP-5 "B" Exhibited in EAA's LSA Mall, 07/28/2006
SPLOG begins: As with EAA's premiere LSA Mall at AirVenture 2005, the area is proving a huge hit again in 2006 and drawing large crowds interested in LSA. Not all 38 SLSA are present but all the leading brands (measured by deliveries) are on exhibit. *** One new model |
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Sidebar
A Glimpse at the S-LSA Certification Process, 09/01/2005
Sidebar begins: Tom Gunnarson Recreational aircraft ownership can bring great joy and satisfaction. From the pride of knowing a plane is solely yours to outfitting it to your personal tastes to the convenience of flying it where and when you desire, private ownership |
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SPLOG
A Gaggle of Newly Approved SLSA Models, 07/23/2005
SPLOG begins: In the last couple weeks, the number of FAA-approved Special Light-Sport Aircraft grew to 13 models. EAA keeps a current list , proved by copies of the airworthiness certificate, but I'll list them here as: Festival, Breezer, C42, Legend Cub, Kappa KP-5 |
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