UPDATED (again!) 12/11/20: Still refining the list. —DJ A great many of you read the article about the new Part 103 List. Your enthusiasm plus lots of comments reflect the strong interest generated by these lightest, most-affordable, and fun-to-fly aircraft. With input from readers and through more research, I have increased the draft list to the one you see below, now 53 producers strong! Honestly… I expect even more. Many readers were surprised by the number of producers of these aircraft that too many pilots thought were dead and buried by Light-Sport Aircraft and FAA’s requirement that previous two-seat ultralight trainers had to leave paid flight instruction and become private aircraft. As the list shows — and as my plan to attempt counting the number of aircraft built every year proves — Part 103 Ultralight Vehicles are indeed alive and thriving. Keep Helping, Please! If these aircraft interest you, please review the list and tell me of any additional producers I did not include.
The New Part 103 List — Current Draft List Shows MORE Producers …Surprised?
Keep Helping, Please!
If these aircraft interest you, please review the list and tell me of any additional producers I did not include. I want them all — IF — they meet these four criteria:List of Ultralight Producers The Part 103 "Draft" List
This list is not in any particular order. Please attach no significance to the position in this draft list. A flag shown after the aircraft indicates both the origin of the design and the location of its manufacture is the United States. This is just for illustration and carries no particular meaning.
Before the Part 103 List goes online, I will add web addresses and email addresses for all companies plus links to my articles about that aircraft or company. Here then, 53 producers strong, is the draft list that I fully expect to expand: FIXED WING / THREE AXIS AIRCRAFT This list is still in development; more entries are expected 1— U-Fly-It Aerolite 103 ?? 2— Kolb Firefly ?? 3— Quicksilver Sprint, Sport ?? 4— Better Half VW Legal Eagle ?? 5— Aeromarine-LSA Merlin Lite 6— Aeromarine-LSA Zigolo 7— Badland Aircraft F-series (formerly Kitfox Lite) ?? 8— Just Aircraft 103 Solo (in development) ?? 9— Hummel Aviation UltraCruiser ?? 10— TEAM MiniMax, multiple models ?? 11— Fisher Flying Products, multiple models 12— Aero Adventure Aventura UL (formerly Buccaneer) ?? 13— JH Aircraft Corsair 14— SD Planes SD-1 (qualification pending) 15— AVI/Modern Wings Swan 120 16— Quad City Ultralight Challenger 103 ?? 17— CGS Hawk 103, Ultra ?? 18— Phantom Classic X-1 ?? 19— M-Squared Breeze SS ?? 20— Ekolot Elf KR-01A 21— Earthstar Gull 2000, Soaring Gull ?? 22— Carlson Sparrow (market reentry underway) ?? 23— Sherwood Kub 24— Eurofly Minifox 25— Lazair Nouveau 26— Thunderbird SNS-8 Hiperlight ?? 27— Airsport Song UL 28— Jordan Lake Aero Air-Bike 103 ?? 29— Mitchell Wing A-10D ?? 30— Sector Aircraft Quantum 103 (in development) 31— Simplex Aero Zing, Cloudster ?? 32— Cloudbase Aviation Skylite, Lil’ Bitts ?? 33— Wings of Freedom Phoenix 103, Flitplane ?? 34— Tri-State Kites Smithsilver 103 ?? WEIGHT SHIFT (TRIKES) 35— Evolution Rev ?? 36— North Wing ATF, Solairus, Maverick ?? 37— Air Creation Pixel 38— AirBorne Australia T-Lite 39— Airtime Aircraft Explorer 103 (amphibious) ?? 40— Grif Italia, multiple models 41— Aeros Ant 42— FlyLight PeaBee 43— Ace Aviation Spirit series 44— Eurofly Snake POWERED PARACHUTES 45— Infinity PPC Challenger ?? 46— Six Chuter P3 Lite ?? HELICOPTERS 47— Innovator Technologies Mosquito Helicopter GYROPLANES 48— Fusioncopter Nano gyroplane 49— Star LSA Star Bee Gyro ?? POWERED, WHEELED PARAGLIDERS 50— Blackhawk LowBoy III, Quad ?? 51— Sky Driving Skykart ?? 52— Green Eagle, multiple models ?? 53— Fresh Breeze, multiple modelsA note about our Part 103 Ultralight logo — Yes, I know this is actually a drawing of a two-seat Flightstar II. It was the most appropriate artwork I had (thanks, Rich!) of an aircraft not presently in production and one that will not return. I wanted something neutral and I thought this worked. If you noticed this "anomaly," pat yourself on the back for your sharp eye.