Midwest LSA Expo Mt. Vernon Airport, September 6, 7, 8, 2018.

MVP light sport aircraft


Using the line "Your Passport to the Planet" MVP.aero (yes, that's the company name ... well, with an "Inc." on the end), this Minnesota company made a great big splash at AirVenture 2014. Not literally in the sense of a splash into the water but from a marketing standpoint, the MVPers created a tsunami of interest in their LSA seaplane entry that buoyed activity among all Light-Sport Aircraft at the show. MVP innovation showed well in aircraft features (described below) and in PR savvy, calling the "Most Versatile Plane" a "triphibian."

As the company is being created near Cirrus Design HQ in Duluth, Minnesota, it may not surprise you that MVP manages takeoff and landing on pavement or turf, water, and snow. The team also brought the term "origami deck" to airplanes with the occupied area convertible in various ways with panels that "fold" into different purposes. In all, MVP represents a batch of fresh thinking that forms a potent statement about how the LSA sector breeds disruptive designs far faster than hide-bound Part 23 Type Certified aircraft that seem to need an act of congress to change a bolt. Shoot, this thing even comes with a hammock you can stretch between engine and tail. Can you imagine Cessna or Mooney offering something like that?

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Most Versatile Plane (MVP)

Midwest LSA Expo Mt. Vernon Illinois.

Midwest LSA Expo Mt. Vernon Illinois.

The Mount Vernon Outland Airport, serving pilots from Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Louisville, Lexington, Nashville, Chattanooga, Atlanta, Montgomery, Dallas, Fort Work Oklahoma City, Kansas City Wichita Des Moines, and Oshkosh during the Midwest LSA Expo.