FAA Hinting at triple weight increase in LSA's

Scott ShererScott Sherer
in General Discussion

We're keeping an eye on the FAA published hint this week about LSA gross weight limit increases from 1,320 to around 3,600 pounds. At 3,600 pounds a Cherokee 6 or Lance would be an LSA. This has interesting ramifications for the pilot community as well as the aircraft manufacturing world. We'll see what happens and report on it as more information becomes available.

Scott Sherer
Wright Brothers Master Pilot, FAA Commercial Pilot

Comments

  • KentwkalbKentwkalb

    Wow! Would be a big change. Hadn’t heard/read anything about this.

  • KentwkalbKentwkalb

    Correction! AOPA had Jack Pelton announcing.

  • duffelduffel

    If this actually happens, it could very well be the smartest thing that the FAA has ever done. LSA's (at 1320 pounds) are fun, but absolutely useless for cross country travel of over 100 miles.

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