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SPA Panther

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Single seat Sport or LSA aircraft, to be offered in two-seater version as Cougar.

SPA Panther
Lift type
Fixed wing
Assembly
Kit-built
Control
Piloted
Engine type
Piston
Application
Aerobatics, Sport

Design & construction

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Airframe & structure
Landing gear
Fixed tricycle
Ice protection
None
Pressurisation
Unpressurised
Systems & avionics
Flight controls
Mechanical
Autopilot
None
Configuration & certification
Wing position
Low
Planform
Straight
Tail
Conventional
continued
Certification
Experimental-LSA
Minimum crew
1

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Type variants

VariantLaunch / first flightProduction endNotes
SPA Panther2013 / 2013Kitbuilt plane, includes Panther Sport/LS variants.
SPA Cougar2019 / Two-seater variant, in development.

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