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LSA Type-Acceptance for Gp One

19/3/2014

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Hurray
  
Another big step forward
The Skyleader GP One aircraft has been accepted by CAA in New Zealand 
as a Light Sport Aircraft (LSA).
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The GP One can now be used by New Zealand flight schools and aero clubs for GA training of private and commercial pilots. Any hour-building done in a GP One can be credited towards the person's PPL or CPL logbook.
On 29 Nov 2013 Lubomir Vit, International Sales Manager for Jihlavan Airplanes, the manufacturer of Skyleader aircraft, applied to CAA for LSA acceptance of the Skyleader GP One. I was pleased that Jihlavan Airplanes decided to get the GP One accepted as an 600kg LSA here in NZ. It recognises that the GP One is much more than a microlight - it is a 'proper' aircraft that meets international standards of design, construction, flight behaviour and factory back-up,
PictureZK-WLB - the 'first-of-type' GP One
After a rigorous documentation process, David Gill, CAA Team Leader Airworthiness, signed off today on the LSA Acceptance Report (TAR 14/ACM/66) for the JIHLAVAN Skyleader GP One. Back in January, David had personally inspected our GP One demonstrator (ZK-WLB), the first-of-type in NZ.

The all-important statement in the CAA report reads,       ". . . Skyleader GP One aircraft produced by JIHLAVAN airplanes s.r.o. have been accepted for operation in the Special Category-LSA in New Zealand".

This is good news for the first New Zealand buyer to register a GP One as a Light Sport Aircraft. They do not have to spend any time or money on going through the CAA 'first-of-type' LSA acceptance process.


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