Industry Aerospace Products Ultralight aircraft Website www.beliteaircraft.com Founded 2009 | Key people James and Kathy Wiebe Owner Belite Enterprises LLC Headquarters Wichita Type Privately held company | |
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Belite pro cub lite part 103 legal ultralight aircraft from belite aircraft
Belite Aircraft is an American aircraft manufacturer based in Wichita, Kansas and founded by James and Kathy Wiebe in 2009. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of ultralight aircraft in the form of kits for amateur construction and ready-to-fly complete aircraft under the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles rules.
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The company was formed to produce the Belite Aircraft Superlite, a derivative of the Kitfox Lite single-seat ultralight design. Belite extensively redesigned the aircraft to incorporate carbon fibre wings, struts, spars and ribs, lowering the empty weight to 245 lb (111 kg). They "...acquired the production rights to a previously designed aircraft, the Kitfox Lite" and they "...acquired the tooling, existing parts and manufacturing rights to the aircraft in March of 2009. As a condition of the transaction, they agreed to rebrand the airplane to prevent any confusion with the larger, two-place light sport Kitfox".
In 2013 the company flew the floatplane version of its new Belite Ultra Cub design, designated the Belite Sealite.