LIGHT Sport Aircraft / Microlight
Manufacturer
SKYLEADER aircraft are manufactured by the JIHLAVAN airplanes company
to the rigorous ASTM International Standard for Light Sport Aircraft,
which tightly specifies the design process, materials, construction, engine,
flight characteristics & documentation for each aircraft.
Each aircraft is check-flown before it is dispatched from the factory.
The LSA models supplied to New Zealand are officially tested and certified for up to 600kg MTOW (or 580kg for SL 500)*
With the recent increase to 600kg MTOW for New Zealand microlights, these SKYLEADER aircraft may be registered
either as Light Sport Aircraft (LSA) or as Class 2 Microlights.
* You may notice that some SKYLEADER aircraft sold only in Europe have been tested with a lower 472.5kg MTOW
- this is comply with that region's UL category.
to the rigorous ASTM International Standard for Light Sport Aircraft,
which tightly specifies the design process, materials, construction, engine,
flight characteristics & documentation for each aircraft.
Each aircraft is check-flown before it is dispatched from the factory.
The LSA models supplied to New Zealand are officially tested and certified for up to 600kg MTOW (or 580kg for SL 500)*
With the recent increase to 600kg MTOW for New Zealand microlights, these SKYLEADER aircraft may be registered
either as Light Sport Aircraft (LSA) or as Class 2 Microlights.
* You may notice that some SKYLEADER aircraft sold only in Europe have been tested with a lower 472.5kg MTOW
- this is comply with that region's UL category.
Download the 'SKYLEADER brochure' and the 'JIHLAVAN airplanes company profile' PDFs below
to learn more about the history and capability of this well-established European manufacturer.
to learn more about the history and capability of this well-established European manufacturer.
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