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Hello there, yes they are still making them but the market has changed substantially for reasons that most people don't comprehend.

Most people are now wanting to spend more than $100,000 on a plastic fantastic and they seem to have lost the enthusiasm for flying more basic aircraft like the X-Air which is really, really disappointing.

It is funny that a lot of our customers in Australia who owned and X-Air, went on to purchase and fly a plastic fantastic and after the initial enthusiasm wore off desperately want to get back to flying aircraft like the X-Air again.

They seem to be a very fun machine that nowadays is so underrated.

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Don't hear much about the standard and F model anymore, Are they still making those?

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Well that is good to hear that they are still making them, I just did not see the kits advertise anywhere anymore and had me wondering, They are a great flying airplane for sure.

Yeah, That would be nice to know for sure.

Don't see any for sale anymore, Use to see used X-air's on the market, but now a days (Nothing)

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In the USA a lot of the problem is the registration category. The standard X-Air has never been put forward for LSA certification so the standard X-Air is effectively an ultralight in the USA. Because of its weight it does not fit into the basic ultralight category or what I think you call part 103 ???? they used to be a blind eye exemption in this part 103 category where you could use what they labelled a "heavy ultralight" which was an aircraft like the X-Air for training people that were then going to go and fly their part 103 aircraft. This was done as a safety reason to avoid people flying aircraft without any familiarisation training on actually how to fly. When LSA came out the FAA then stopped turning a blind eye to these "heavy ultralight" and they lost the ability to be registered. I am sure there are still a lot flying in the US but registered as ultralights but because of the fact that they are heavier than the category allows probably don't see them getting sold too often because the new owner may not be able to register them

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Don't see any for sale anymore, Use to see used X-air's on the market, but now a days (Nothing)

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I agree. I would not trade my S for a 172 even money. The more pilots that fly with me the more they get it. I have hopes for more enthusiasm for the X-Air. As I commented previously, 2 guys at my field are looking for a Standard. One is a high time GA pilot selling a Cherokee 160.