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What is MOSAIC?
In the US the FAA is going ahead with an enhanced certification specification for Light Sports Aircraft (LSA) expanding and enhancing the already available options for safe flying of advanced light and ultralight airplanes.
AOPA endeavors to generalise this approach at ICAO and EASA level to faciltate the creation and operation of the strongly evolving class of ultralight and very light airplanes.
Under the proposal, the aircraft’s weight limit is based on its stall speed. By permitting higher stall speeds, the proposal would bring within the Light Sport Aircraft regulatory framework aircraft weighing as much as 3,000 pounds. This more than doubles the weight of aircraft under the current definition of Light Sport of 1,320 pounds, allowing larger and stronger aircraft to qualify as Light Sport Airplane.
The proposal would also expand the type of aircraft sport pilots can operate and allows them to use their aircraft for a wider range of operations such as some aerial work. Although sport pilots could operate aircraft designed with up to four seats, they would remain limited to operating with only one passenger.
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