WELCOME TO LIGHT SPORT AMERICA...

... Serving America's Fastest Growing Aviation Market

Light Sport Aviation Is one of the fastest growing and largest segments of the American general aviation market and Light Sport America, a division of McCoy Marketing Services, Corp., is opening this market to pilots, flight schools, and aircraft dealers.

One source inside the Federal Aviation Agency's (FAA) Light Sport Aircraft Directorate in Oklahoma CIty recently forecast that within 10 years light sport aircraft will represent 50% of all new aircraft sales.

In September 2004, the FAA, in association with numerous aviation organizations including the Experimental Aircraft Association, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, Aircraft Electronics Association, The Light Aircraft Manufacturer's Association, and others, signed into law the FAA's Light Sports Rule.

Sports Pilot Certificate

Pilots can obtain a Sports Pilot Certificate specifically designed to address the desire of people wishing to fly aircraft primarily for recreational purposes and to enjoy the thrill of flight. A sport pilot can be certified with a few as 20 hours of flight instruction and fly a one or two-seat aircraft capable of speeds up to 138 mpg. No FAA medical examination is required, only a valid auto driver's license.

Therefore, light sport aircraft products are very popular with older pilots (55+) who are afraid they may not be able to pass their next FAA flight physical examination.

Flight Schools Use LSAs

Flight schools are warming to light sport aviation aircraft as an economical way to update their aging training fleet. Light sport aircraft offer the flight school operator current technology combined with lower operations costs.

Rotax engines, which power many light sport aircraft, use premium auto fuel, rather than aviation 100LL. This means a savings of 30%, or more, on fuel cost. The typical light sport aircraft burns only 3.5 to 5.5 gph as opposed to 10 gph for a Cessna 172.

Light Sport America

J. Phil McCoy, a 34-year veteran of the general aviation industry, has founded Light Sport America to market and distribute in the United States some of the finest light sport aircraft available.