Ron,
First of all, let me say that I really enjoy your writings. I have
found them most informative over the years.

The airplanes have just completed certification in Romania and they
will be here in a couple of weeks. At that time, our local FSDO along
with our DAR will work on finishing up the S-LSA certification. We
haven't quite gotten it done but we expect to have the certification in
hand in time for Airventure.

We would have it done by now because we had built the airplane for the
proposed 1232 pound weight limit. When the final rule came out, we
made the business decision to re-engineer the airplane for 1350 pounds
and we had to build new prototypes for testing. We finished testing
the new prototypes last week (one was tested to destruction) and the
first two production airplanes have flown. Hopefully, it won't be long
now.

I realize that the website says it is a Special Light Sport Aircraft,
sold ready to fly. That is our intent. We put it on the web site that
way so that people could easily understand that it is not a kit.
Having been around since the BD-5 debacle, we haven't taken anyone's
money and we won't until the certification is done. We have allowed a
couple of people that wanted to be at the head of the line to setup
escrow accounts at their own banks and put deposits in them that they
control. In return, we have reserved production spots for them.

Regards,

Rick Pellicciotti
Belle Aire Aviation
LightSportFlying.com