Cessna's new LSA,
dubbed the Cessna
Skycatcher, awaits its appearance at Cessna's
Saturday night party to unveil the aircraft to its dealers and
pilot training centers. Cessna President and CEO Jack Pelton
showed the modified design to the world's press at AirVenture
Sunday morning. How much? $109,500. Photo by Brady Lane.
Photo by Jim Koepnick
And the orders
begin! Cessna dealers fill out order contracts to get in line for
delivery of the first Skycatchers, expected to begin in the second
half of 2009. Photo by Mary Jones.
Neal Willford, lead
design engineer for the Cessna LSA project, is all smiles as he
points out some features of the Skycatcher to a Cessna dealer
during Saturday night's unveiling. Photo by Mary Jones.
Jack Pelton (left)
and Tom Poberezny paused for a moment with the new Cessna
Skycatcher following this morning official press conference.
Thanks to the generosity of the Buehler Trust, EAA will obtain
serial number 2 and 3 Skycatchers produced for use with the Young
Eagles and Air Academy programs to introduce young people to
flying. Photo by Mary Jones
The Cessna news conference was held
Sunday morning, July 21 in the Eagle Hangar of the EAA AirVenture
Museum. Photo by Jim Koepnick