Kevlar-Built Falcon LS Debuts At Sun ‘n Fun

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Key Takeaways:

  • The Falcon LS, an all-composite aircraft featuring a sleek, sporty design made with Kevlar, was introduced at Sun 'n Fun.
  • T&T Aviation plans to assemble the aircraft in Pennsylvania with European-fabricated parts, with certification expected by mid-May.
  • The Falcon LS has an introductory price of $125,000, offers various engine options (Lycoming, Continental, Rotax, Jabiru) providing a useful load up to 552 pounds, and includes an emergency parachute system.
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The LSA world has busily populated itself with a wide variety of aircraft, but the Falcon LS, which is showing for the first time here at Sun ‘n Fun this week, stands out with a sleek, muscular, sporty look. “It’s the Kevlar,” said T&T Aviation vice president Tom Pizzuti, who was minding the airplane under the hot morning sun. T&T plans to assemble the all-composite aircraft in Pennsylvania, with parts fabricated in Europe, Pizzuti said. The airplane is still in the certification process, but Pizzuti says he hopes that will be complete by mid-May. The show airplane has a Lycoming engine installed, which gives the airplane a useful load of 492 pounds. Other possible options offered by the company include Continental, Rotax, or Jabiru engines, all of which are lighter, for a useful load increase of up to 60 pounds. Intro price is $125,000, Pizzuti said.

The low-wing Falcon features side-by-side seating, a wide tinted canopy, and an emergency parachute system.

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