When it receives delivery of a CubCrafters Carbon Cub in early June, directSky will become the aircraft manufacturer’s first dealer to service the European market. directSky provides aircraft sales, maintenance, management, restoration, repairs and pilot training. It is headed by Managing Director/CEO Kamil Skorupski. DirectSky is located in Ireland (Abbeyshrule Airfield) and Poland (Mielec Airfield). […]
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Cessna takes commanding lead in LSA market
The LSA Market Share numbers are complete for 2011 and we offer them below. But first, if you will permit, I wish to say a hearty thanks to all the visitors that helped ByDanJohnson.com achieve an all-time record month in January following a strong December. In the first month of the new year we broke […]
CubCrafters’ LSAs flying high
For the past 31 years, the name CubCrafters has been synonymous with Super Cubs. But with its entry a few years ago into the world of Light-Sport Aircraft, its name now is tied to one of the most successful LSAs on the market. The Yakima, Wash., company was founded by Jim Richmond, a Super Cub […]
Carbon Cub: The beefy LSA
When the term “light” is applied to aircraft, it can give the impression that the machine is somehow delicate. This is SO not the case when it comes to CubCrafters Carbon Cub LSA. CubCrafters describes the Carbon Cub SS as an aircraft designed “for the pilot who REALLY wants to push the limits of Light […]
CubCrafters prepares to make 200th LSA delivery
February will see the delivery of the 200th CC11 series Light Sport Aircraft (LSA) from Yakima, Washington-based light aircraft designer and manufacturer CubCrafters. CubCrafters offers two models of LSA, the 100 horsepower Sport Cub S2 and the 180 horsepower Carbon Cub SS. The Carbon Cub SS has won virtually every Short Take Off and Landing […]
CubCrafters unveils Super Sport Cub
CubCrafters recently unveiled the Super Sport Cub, the company’s most powerful aircraft. Available immediately, the LSA is a stronger and more powerful version of CubCrafters’ Sport Cub S2, according to officials at the Yakima, Wash.-based company. The two-place Super Sport Cub boasts the largest engine in the LSA industry, a 340 cubic inch engine producing […]
CubCrafters begins shipping Carbon Cub kits
CubCrafters recently shipped the first three Carbon Cub wing kits and the first Carbon Cub fuselage kit. CubCrafters is producing the kits at a rate of two per month, according to company officials. “The first builder has the wings complete and is working on the fuselage kit,” said Mitch Travis, kit program manager. Officials also […]