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Don't miss the authoritative article on microlift.

NEW LightHawk images posted here!

Second flight of the Light Hawk

Read about Galen Fisher's Lighthawk flight experience here.

Rik Fritz here

July 31, 2002 -The LightHawk has flown. It has successfully flown the first flight test program at the El Mirage Dry Lake Bed in California. Read Mark Stucky's (test pilot) thoughts here.

Images from the flight are posted here.

Sailplane Homebuilders Association Western Workshop

Pictures from the SHA Western Workshop.

Danny Howell will be with the LightHawk glider at the Sailplane Homebuilders Association Western Workshop at the Mountain Valley Airport in Tehachapi, California. Tentative dates are August 30 - September 2, 2002. For more details see the SHA website at:

ExperimentalSoaring.com (Previously Sailplane Homebuilders Association

Welcome to the Home of the LightHawk

This is the website for the LightHawk 15m Micro-lift glider. One of our goals has been to not say anything about the glider that we couldn't back up with hard data, hence not much information here, yet. As the flight testing proceeds and data is collected we'll post it here. Please check back once and awhile to see what's up with the LightHawk.

Please note that Pure Flight, Inc. will not be manufacturing the LightHawk, and does not represent the LightHawk in any way.

LightHawk and Danny Howell
Danny Howell will be at the 2008 SSA Annual Convention with the LightHawk and some of his team.  Don't miss this chance to see this unusual sailplane and hear Danny discuss the latest status of this project.  This sailplane provides very high performance in new regimes of flight.

Albuquerque Convention Center,
Albuquerque, NM

Feb. 14-16 2008.

Saturday, February 16

For more details:  SSA Convention Webpage  

Production Line

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Microlift Glider was adopted for inclusion in the FAI Sporting Code.  Visit the Wikipedia to learn about Microlift.  Click here.  Of particular interest is the 2-dimensional domain chart  to depict the different domains for glider classes.  Note the placement of the LightHawk. Full size

LightHawk Gliders

To find out more about the Lighthawk project click here.

An in-flight picture of the LightHawk.

Curious about the glider? Here are some more images.

Contact Us

Here is an e-mail address for the project. You can use it for specific questions you may have that might not be addressed by this website. Chances are at this time that what you see here on the site is the current information that we would give to you. At the same please don't hesitate to ask: info@glidersport.net.