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First Icon Aircraft wowed aviation enthusiasts with its sleek and uniquely featured amphibious A5 LSA seaplane. Over the years the company reported collecting around 1,000 orders, a success story that even beats Cessna’s Skycatcher. However, several years passed and the company did not enter production, although they reported a deal with Cirrus Aircraft to handle […]

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SuperStol Price As Flown: S-LSA: To Be Determined (TBD) Kit: $36,600 minus engine Engine: Rotax 912ULS (100 hp) or Jabiru 3300/UL (120 hp) Wingspan (ft.): 30 Propeller: 3-blade ELPROP, ground-adjustable, carbon composite Basic Empty Weight (lbs.): 780-835 (varies with equipment) Useful Load (lbs.): 550-481 (varies with equipment) Fuel Capacity (gals.): 27 (wing tanks) Max Takeoff […]

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Several aviation sources recently carried news about Icon Aircraft and their A5 LSA seaplane development. Icon Aircraft has been waiting — surely with increasing impatience — for FAA to answer their formal request for exemption to the Light-Sport Aircraft gross weight parameter. FAA normally replies in 120 days, however, more than a year passed and […]