SkyCraft Airplanes

SkyCraft Airplanes was a Light Sport Aircraft manufacturing company based in Orem, Utah. The company only built one product, the SkyCraft SD-1 Minisport, a single-seat low-wing plane designed in the Czech Republic.

For the Australian ultralight of 1972, see Skycraft Scout.

SkyCraft Airplanes
TypePrivate company
IndustryGeneral Aviation
Fateout of business
Founded2012
FounderTyler Ives
Christopher Gong
Paul Glavin
HeadquartersOrem, Utah
ProductsLight Sport Aircraft
Websitewww.skycraftairplanes.com
SkyCraft SD-1 Minisport

The company debuted the aircraft at 2013 EAA Airventure Oshkosh as a ready-to-fly, S-LSA Certified aircraft.[1] Production of the aircraft began two months prior in May 2013 and was intended to have a revised cockpit, including Dynon SkyView instrumentation.[2][3]

At the end of May 2014 Skycraft announced that light-sport flight testing had been completed. However, as of 7 August 2017 the SD-1 was still not on the Federal Aviation Administration's list of accepted light-sport aircraft and by the end of 2017 the company had gone out of businesses.[4][5]

Aircraft

References
  1. "SkyCraft Airplanes Debuts Ready-to-Fly SD-1 Minisport". Retrieved 30 April 2014.
  2. "SkyCraft Begins Production on SD-1 Minisport". Retrieved 30 April 2014.
  3. Durden, Rick (30 May 2014). "SD-1 Minisport Flight Testing Completed". AVweb. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  4. Federal Aviation Administration (7 August 2017). "FAA Make/Model Directory for SLSA". Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  5. Johnson, Dan (17 June 2017). "SD 1 MiniSport, SD1 Mini Sport experimental aircraft from SD Planes USA AV16". Light Sport and Ultralight Flyer. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
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