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ol all light sport aircraflare created
e qual ;some 6re more equalthan
o thers,
Fromol d 6i rcraftbarel yabl o
lo ger off rh€ ground l o speedy,
shi ny,new sl assai rcraft-LS Acov'
Fromihe oulset,light spon was conceived
as a way to simplit flying 6nd reducecosls
WhenUncl€Samgets invo v€d, ilsomerimes
worksoLt rhatway and il sometimesdoesn'1.
T h e p ri c efor a l ow €rcost hurdl ei s a com
pl€xsetof rul6s.Th€qu€stionfor us iswheth€r
th e n € w rul €stakel he Junoul of fl yi ng.
Whenyou flythe Allssro 2000,the answer
is a r€sounding"no." Gotry oneout andyou l
s6€what lmean. Fast,fun, easyrofly and rel
arivelyin€xp€nsivFth€All€grois alop-notch
airplanein 3ny category.
we
As w ith al l rhi ngsi n l he 21stcentury,
hsveto d€alwith lhe complexiliesbetor6we
ger ro rh€ fun. The bonom line is that you
mosioperarewithinthe limitalionsolthat par
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Perhapsthe sold standardof LSA perror
manceis thevenerableJ'3Cub.an LSAbefore
L S Aw a scool .A 65 hp C ubw ei ghs
1,220pounds,c.uisesal 65 knors,
s ral s a t 3 3 andsti l l bo!ndsoffthe
gfoundwithnro peopleln lesslhan
400 feer.Ot course,the youngost
of these airplanesis norlh oi 60
y e a rs o l d.
TheC ubi s l i ghlandJun,
seeevery
anda lowspassenge.sto
th i n g u p cl os€,bul i t doesnl go
anylvherefast, lvlosl "new" LSA
a i rc ra ft come l rom the mi cro
world.
light/ultralight
The Allegro 2000 is no exception;lhe aircraft.whichis orig nally
hasbeenflyfrcm Czechoslovakia,
i n g i n E uropefor more i han 11
years. Doug Hempstead,of Fan'
tasyAlrUSA,"disovered theAlle
9ro and brought it to the lJnited
statesat the startoflhe LsA craze.
"l was involvedin ultralights,and
decidedthal l'd liketolake mYwife
on crosscountres,"saysHempslead"lbegan
sesrchinsand naiiowedlhe fielddowr tofour.
andwhenlcalled,
N oneofthemhaddeal er s,
they a I askedif I wantedlo becomeone. I
on lwo manufactur€rs.
docidedto concenlrate
Fi.st,wo vlsitodone in Spain;we discovered
thar they were lesslhan preparedto produc€
rhe ai rpl ane. Oi scour aged,w€ wenl lo
and, wh€n we got lhere,the
Czechoslovakia
airplanesworo readylo lly right away.
"We ended up slay ng ai the iactory for
ihree and a half weeks,Ev€Mhing they did
good
therewasright.Allthe workmanshipwas
and showedan understandingol what lhey
needed.Th€yalreadyhsd morc than 500fly'
i n9i n E !rope,so i rw asa p r ovenair plane. We
camebacklo lhe tlnited Stateslo gol slarled
In l,,lay2005,we beGmelhrrd
on certitication.
n rhe nation to ger the s-LsA certilication.
Now rhereafe 4l AIl€grosin the country,and
we havs 11 more on order."
A newAllsgro2000canbe orderedIn sev
A basicversron
eral ditferenlconfigurations.
wll cost $60,225.Adding a lighl packageror
nighr flying, rad os, a GPSor even a Dynon
EFIScanrunthecostio approximat€ly$75,000.
Ofco!Be, thesepic€s producea flyawayaif
pl ane.Forconsi derably
l ess,youcanor deran
etperimentalkt versionand spendan av6r
age of 230 hours plning it togeiher.
the
ilsinOthego d standardas a ya.dstrck,
Allegro will cosr you about twice lhal ot a
restoredcub,what you get forthardiflerence,
T0yearsalre.
however,is significant.
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lhe J-3, the A legro displaysa lol of
pro g re ss
i n engineer ing
andte c h n o
ogy. Easyto get into, and with room
enolgh to. tlvo 21stcenlury Ameri
canssitrings de by s de, the Allegro
is comtonable,and visibiily s excel
lent lrom either seat-a delinhecut
abovea loveableold Crb.
Inth ep e r f or m anca.eena ,l h e Al l e '
s ro s n o s louc het her T h e A l e g ro
c ocks in wilh a gross weighl thafs
12 p o u n dsm or elhanlhe C u b ,a 6 4
po !n d !se f u loadadv ant a gae.d a n
extra35 hp, With vinuallythe same
s laI sp e e d, lheA llegr oc anc r!i s ea t
104knols,nearly40 knotsfasterlhan
t he cu b . The A llegr or ank sn e a rth e
top oi al .ew LSA and does indeed
satisfyDouq Hempslead'sdes re for
a cross{ountrycapabe LSA,if spades,
Visibiliryis exce ent lrcn aithot soatin thoA ogto20N, which is powercdby a Bota\ 9l2S
Becentdeliveryi ighrs to Ca iforn a
onoiooanrl ctuisesat 1U krots.
Fo . Hem ps lead,
r es pec ta b p
l ee r
formanceanda pnceadvanlage
overcoh.
parabe new LSAaircrailarent enough.
,We ve got l7 dealersscatrered
io alltour
cornefsof lhe un ted states," he says.
''Eachhasana rplaneandcangiveinsrruc
goes
lioni n th e lrLS A E
. ac holour d e a l e .s
throughlraining at the factoryand uses
commontra ningre.hniques.we suppon
t he d e ae r s and t he owne rs n l h e fi e l d
wilh partswe keepat our headquaners
in N o n hCar olna.O lr f oc o s s o n l o n g
lerm crstomer service,beforeand ailer
"We th inkt hat LS Awil b e l h e n e x t
bg g ro wihar eain av at io n ,m a k i n gl h e
d reamreachable
lor thousands.
And we're
convincedthat our successdependson
ho wmu chwe loc uson lhec u s l o meTr.h e
EAA a n d o r her sI n r he c o mmu n i tya .e
ba cki n sL S Ain a b s way a n d w e , a s a n
N308lX
indosrry,needto takeadvantageof that
in a ong rerm way, nsleadoI makrnga
qui ckbuck.W i th rhe A l egro,w e kn ow
we have lhe besl va 0e, quality, wo l n rhe m ar
manshi pand p€rformance
kelplace.Al we need lo do is lel lolks
knowhow goodl he ai rpl anei s."
lfspeedand oadcapacity
aren'leoough
Ior you, a ceni fi edfoat versi onof ihe
A l l egros duesoon.A ny pondor w aler
way longerthan720ieet woo d makean
deal sporior rhe f oal'equippedAllegro
2000.At four ga lons an hour, you can
havea ot of fun-it's cheaperthan just
aboutantthi ngi n l he ai r.
S coreonei orl he l i nl eguy.
EE)ON THE WEB
ha ived in the Urited Statasatthe st,n ol he LSAuae, bat theA egto hasbeenflying in
Ewopefot norc than | 1 yeats.TheLSAcones in sevetaldilfetent confrgunnonsand
leaturcspenonance frgurcsthat inpnvo upontha venenhle J-J Cub.
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