The venerable Kitfox kit gets an identical twin brother in a new ready-to-fly LSA. Good news or bad news for the kits?

By Marc Cook

After 25 years, the Kitfox has graduated. Not that the design found itself struggling through advanced education. Indeed, only the previous company had trouble with Econ 101. Nor are we suggesting that the Kitfox, in its latest Super Sport guise, needed to pick up a few extra credits—the kit is well rounded and mature. Instead, the news from Idaho is that the Kitfox has matriculated into postgraduate work as a ready-to-fly Special Light Sport Aircraft (SLSA).

This achievement is significant on a lot of levels, including those of interest to homebuilders, because while Kitfox Aircraft, under the able direction of John and Debra McBean, has completed the task of getting the Kitfox to series production, the move is an enabler in other ways. Think about it. A diversified company is a more durable company. Should kit sales slack off—as they have for just about everyone in the industry—SLSA sales could…

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