Ultraflight Lazair

Lazair series
UltraFlight Lazair Series II
Role Ultralight personal, trainer aircraft and police observation aircraft
National origin Canada
Manufacturer UltraFlight Inc.[1]
Designer Dale Kramer
First flight 1978
Introduction 1979
Produced 1979 -1984
A Lazair Series III with its bottom-mounted control stick. This one has been modified with a streamlined pod and windshield. The engines are the Rotax 185 9.5 hp two-stroke powerplants driving "biplane" propellers.
A Lazair Series III showing the original Tedlar covered wings and tail surfaces
A Lazair Series II displays the very long wing which gives this aircraft good gliding performance. This aircraft has been modified with conventional aircraft fabric and wider main landing gear.
A Lazair II two-seat trainer with its JPX PUL 425 engines of 26 hp (19 kW).
A Lazair II two-seat trainer has one of its JPX PUL 425 engines started. Lazairs generally do not have electrical systems, and their engines are started by recoil start.

The UltraFlight Lazair is a family of Canadian designed and built twin-engine ultralight aircraft that were sold in kit form between 1979 and 1984.

It was one of the first twin-engined ultralights. More Lazairs have been registered in Canada than any other type of Canadian aircraft.[2][clarification needed]

In 2019, Canada Post issued a stamp in honour of the Lazair.[3]

  1. ^ Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark office, Volume 1042 Number 2, Trademarks May 8, 1984.
  2. ^ Hunt, Adam & Ruth Merkis-Hunt: Skeletal Remains, pages 64-70. Kitplanes Magazine, September 2000.
  3. ^ Canada Post. "Details magazine No. 3 March 2019" (PDF). canadapost.ca. Retrieved 17 October 2019.