Oshkosh Pics, once again

A few more pics from Oshkosh...  Earlier in the week, I was flying our Cub Yellow Trike.  What a blast!!  The plane is a FAR Part 103 Ultralight Aircraft.

Here is a short final onto the ultralight field:

Here's the view of the plane, with 'hover' mode engaged:

A couple of pics of the view from upstairs:

with a view looking towards the north part of the field.  Nice view!!

I'm exhausted.  Pilot briefings every morning are at 6:30am. 

At the Light Sport / Ultralight Field at Oshkosh

I was irritated that the red plane passed me, but grateful for the opportunity to take his picture.  He is seen in the above pic, turning to the right at Oshkosh.  Lots of planes in the air, all at the same time.  While waiting to take off, I snapped a series of pics.  Here they are:

A Hummel bird.

Here's a plane that I passed.  The pilot was having a good time, dropping his feet below the seat:

Here's a Legal Eagle, coming in to land.  Nice ultralights!

And a different Legal Eagle.

This guy was having a lot of fun!  Same plane that I passed.

And here's a nice shot of whole Oshkosh ultralight flying experience:

-- James

Belite on Floats!

I gave a press conference and two forums today.  We rolled out a low cost Superlite, a new Trike variation, a couple of engine instruments, and a Belite on Floats!

The news conference was a great experience.  One of the reporters there, James Wynbrandt, wrote a great piece about Belite on EAA's website, and you can read it here.

The floats were developed by MukTuk floats of North Vancouver, BC, Canada.  You can find their website at www.ultralightfloats.com

This float is MukTuk's latest design: they are a perfect match for our Belite Aircraft.

We are reopening another aspect of FAR Part 103 Ultralight Aircraft:  a weight exemption for float equipped aircraft.  The total aircraft weight for our Belite Superlite on floats is about 325 pounds.  We are well under the max FAA weight of 338 pounds.

Trike in Cub Yellow, looks gorgeous, flies fantastic

These pictures show our Belite Trike in vivid Cub Yellow paint.  This beautiful airplane is currently at Oshkosh.  Did I say it is gorgeous?  It is gorgeous.  The Hirth F33 engine provides great performance; cruise is faster than what I expected.  We loaded it up with options!  Carbon wing, aluminum wheels (not installed in this pic), spring landing gear. 

It will soon be offered for sale at about $34.5K.   Here it is taking off:

And here's one final pic for today, showing off the carbon fiber wings:

Weight is exactly 251 pounds, including aluminum wheels.

If you want this airplane, call me (phone numbers on beliteaircraft.com website) or send me an email:  james AT beliteaircraft.com