Looking for that surefire way to get from your superyacht parked on the Mediterranean to your ski house in the Alps?
If this has been a long-standing dilemma for you, Lisa Airplanes believes it may have found your solution.
The all-composite Akoya light sport aircraft, weighing only 661 lbs (300 kg), sports a retractable landing gear with skis for snow and ice landings and unique hydrofoil landing gear, that bear a striking resemblance to shark fins making water landings a reality.
The Akoya is the first offering from the young company and is powered by a single tail-mounted 100hp (0.745kW) Rotax 912 piston engine with a price tag of about €300,000 ($408,195). The engine runs on 95 octane gasoline, rather than traditional 100 octane LL avgas.
The aircraft accommodates two passengers with a range of up to 700 nm (1,300 km) and was first unveiled in 2007, followed by first flight in September of that same year.
Despite the global economic downturn, the product has found itself in a solid position, due to high net-worth individuals not being largely impacted enough to slow luxury purchases, says Benoît Senellart, marketing & communication manager for Lisa.
Senellart adds that Lisa had a fruitful show, with as many as ten new potential customers identified. Lisa will invite these prospective Akoya buyers to the company's Chambery, France facility for comprehensive briefings on the aircraft.
Lisa Airplanes is pressing forward with French and US certification, with first delivery less than a year away in the first quarter of 2010.
The company currently has two test aircraft in its certification campaign, one assigned to ground and the other flight testing.
The aircraft will be first certified with a 1091-lb (495 kg) MTOW as an ultralight in France, then as a light sport aircraft in the US with a higher 1433-lb (650 kg MTOW) for extended range.
By the end of 2010, the Akoya will earn certification under EASA's ELA1 light aircraft classification boosting the MTOW up to 2204 lbs (1000 kg).
Lisa has partnered with Danish Yacht, which offers the aircraft as an accessory to a 125-ft (38 m) long dayboat the with a special aircraft storage platform on the aft of ship, enabled by the folding wings of the 25-foot long Akoya.
To boot, the aircraft also has a built in ballistic recovery system, virtually identical to larger general aviation aircraft like those from Cirrus Design.
The company sees a market for 50 units a year in Europe, Asia and the Middle East and 100 in North and South America.
The aircraft will first be fitted with Dynon avionics and a year later with the Garmin G600 package for the US market.
Lisa expects to produce and deliver 25 Akoyas in 2010, followed by 35 in 2011 and reach a top yearly production rate of 50 in 2011 from its Chambery facility.
The company says that first deliveries in 2010 will be to customers in France, Russia and South Africa.
Video Courtesy of Lisa Airplanes
If this has been a long-standing dilemma for you, Lisa Airplanes believes it may have found your solution.
The all-composite Akoya light sport aircraft, weighing only 661 lbs (300 kg), sports a retractable landing gear with skis for snow and ice landings and unique hydrofoil landing gear, that bear a striking resemblance to shark fins making water landings a reality.
The Akoya is the first offering from the young company and is powered by a single tail-mounted 100hp (0.745kW) Rotax 912 piston engine with a price tag of about €300,000 ($408,195). The engine runs on 95 octane gasoline, rather than traditional 100 octane LL avgas.
The aircraft accommodates two passengers with a range of up to 700 nm (1,300 km) and was first unveiled in 2007, followed by first flight in September of that same year.
Despite the global economic downturn, the product has found itself in a solid position, due to high net-worth individuals not being largely impacted enough to slow luxury purchases, says Benoît Senellart, marketing & communication manager for Lisa.
Senellart adds that Lisa had a fruitful show, with as many as ten new potential customers identified. Lisa will invite these prospective Akoya buyers to the company's Chambery, France facility for comprehensive briefings on the aircraft.
Lisa Airplanes is pressing forward with French and US certification, with first delivery less than a year away in the first quarter of 2010.
The company currently has two test aircraft in its certification campaign, one assigned to ground and the other flight testing.
The aircraft will be first certified with a 1091-lb (495 kg) MTOW as an ultralight in France, then as a light sport aircraft in the US with a higher 1433-lb (650 kg MTOW) for extended range.
By the end of 2010, the Akoya will earn certification under EASA's ELA1 light aircraft classification boosting the MTOW up to 2204 lbs (1000 kg).
Lisa has partnered with Danish Yacht, which offers the aircraft as an accessory to a 125-ft (38 m) long dayboat the with a special aircraft storage platform on the aft of ship, enabled by the folding wings of the 25-foot long Akoya.
To boot, the aircraft also has a built in ballistic recovery system, virtually identical to larger general aviation aircraft like those from Cirrus Design.
The company sees a market for 50 units a year in Europe, Asia and the Middle East and 100 in North and South America.
The aircraft will first be fitted with Dynon avionics and a year later with the Garmin G600 package for the US market.
Lisa expects to produce and deliver 25 Akoyas in 2010, followed by 35 in 2011 and reach a top yearly production rate of 50 in 2011 from its Chambery facility.
The company says that first deliveries in 2010 will be to customers in France, Russia and South Africa.
Video Courtesy of Lisa Airplanes
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