Sebring Day Three: Sportster Nears Market

Gemini Sparkle

Key Takeaways:

  • The new low-wing Sporster airplane is a modern descendant of the 1980s Jess Anglin Spacewalker homebuilt.
  • Currently available as a kit airplane, the Sporster is undergoing ASTM development.
  • It is expected to be offered as an SLSA (Special Light-Sport Aircraft) in the near future.
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Anyone familiar with the Jess Anglin Spacewalker homebuilt from the 1980s will see its genetic pedigree in the new low-wing Sporster that’s been a kit airplane for some time and is undergoing ASTM development, to be offered before long as an SLSA. *** For now (I need some sleep) here some eye candy to whet your appetite.

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