AIRCRAFT BLUEBOOK REMOS, FLIGHT DESIGN & AMERICAN LEGEND

    Though winter has gripped much of the country with storm after storm, spring is just around the corner and things in the Light Sport world are ever changing as well. Cessna appears to be off to a healthy start, digging into the large backlog of Skycatcher orders at a healthy clip. With the pace cranking up, the airplane giant’s LSA numbers are rising quickly. It won’t take long to see if the Skycatcher will fill the flight-school ranks in numbers the 150 series once did.     

    Piper jumped quickly into the race with a ready-made entry in the Piper Sport, but after only a year distributing the Sport Cruiser, Piper unexpectedly ended their relationship with Czech Sport Aircraft. While specifics are not completely clear, statements seem to indicate there was a difference in opinion between the two companies regarding distribution focus. However, according to Czech Sport Aircraft, the LSA will live on as the SuperCruiser.                                  

    In regard to interest of several 2007 LSA models, Aircraft Bluebook has sampled the average retail prices since new through the fourth quarter of 2010 from our Historical Value Reference database and has included the results below. The 2007 models chosen for comparison were Remos, Flight Design and American Legend. They are shown in a comparative analysis graph along with their individual performance graphs courtesy of Aircraft Bluebook’s HVR service.

    For more information about historical values, please visit:www.aircraftbluebook.com