Ultralight kit aircraft
US Light Aircraft Hornet
Role
Kit aircraft Type of aircraft
National origin
United States
Manufacturer
US Light Aircraft Corporation Higher Class Aviation Oklahoma Light Aircraft
Designer
Jim Millett[ 1]
First flight
1993
Introduction
1994
Status
Production completed
Produced
1994-circa 2008
Number built
45 (2003)[ 2]
The US Light Aircraft Hornet is an American two-seats-in-tandem , pusher configuration , tricycle gear , strut-braced high wing ultralight aircraft , that was produced US Light Aircraft Corporation of Ramona, California between 1994 and circa 2008 in kit form for amateur construction . It was also available as a factory-completed light-sport aircraft .[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8]
After US Light Aircraft ceased production the design was taken up by Higher Class Aviation and then later Oklahoma Light Aircraft of Blackwell, Oklahoma , which reportedly had the Hornet in production in 2011.[ 9] By July 2012 Oklahoma Light Aircraft's website had been removed from the internet and the aircraft was no longer advertised as being for sale.[ 10]
^ a b Downey, Julia: 2002 Kit Aircraft Directory , Kitplanes, Volume 18, Number 12, December 2001, page 71 & 85. Kitplanes Acquisition Company. ISSN 0891-1851
^ a b Newby-Gonzalez, Tori: 2004 Kit Aircraft Directory , Kitplanes, Volume 20, Number 12, December 2003, page 80. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851
^ Cliche, Andre: Ultralight Aircraft Shopper's Guide 8th Edition, page B-84. Cybair Limited Publishing, 2001. ISBN 0-9680628-1-4
^ US Light Aircraft (March 2008). "The Sport Pilot certificate is now a reality" . Archived from the original on 28 March 2008. Retrieved 7 February 2011 .
^ Downey, Julia: 1999 Kit Aircraft Directory , Kitplanes, Volume 15, Number 12, December 1998, page 74. Primedia Publications. ISSN 0891-1851
^ Downey, Julia: 2001 Kit Aircraft Directory , Kitplanes, Volume 17, Number 12, December 2000, page 79. Kitplanes Acquisition Company. ISSN 0891-1851
^ Purdy, Don: AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook , page 278. BAI Communications. ISBN 0-9636409-4-1
^ Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04 , pages 22–23. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster OK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X
^ Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12 , page 66. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
^ Higher Class Aviation and Oklahoma Light Aircraft. "Sport Hornet website" . Archived from the original on 3 July 2007. Retrieved 5 August 2012 .