type privately held company industry aerospace fate out of business founded circa 1985 defunct circa 2010 headquarters okeechobee florida united states products homebuilt aircraft plans website www.lightminiatureaircraft.com light miniature aircraft was an american aircraft manufacturer based in okeechobee florida . the company specialized in the design of ultralight aircraft and supplied plans for amateur construction . 1 2 3 4 the company seems to have gone out of business about 2010 but wicks aircraft continues to provide kits for the designs . 5 6 contents 1 products 2 aircraft 3 references 4 external links products edit the company s lm 1 2 and 3 family of aircraft were designed in the mid 1980s during the initial ultralight boom . at the time many pilots did not find the typical early flying lawnchair ultralights confidence inspiring or appealing . the company s designs were intended to fit the same far part 103 rules including its 254 lb 115 kg empty weight but provide aircraft that look and fly like a traditional light aircraft . however many of the designs result in completed aircraft that are heavier than the us ultralight rule empty weight limit . 3 the lm 1 family of designs are built from wood or optionally 4130 steel tube and finished with doped aircraft fabric covering . the completion involves minor changes in the cowling window and tail shapes to make them resemble well known light aircraft designs . the first in the series the lm 1 is a single seat 75 85 % scale replica of a piper j 3 cub and was first flown in 1985 . the lm 2 is a single or two seat 75 % scale replica of a taylorcraft b while the lm 3 is a single seat 75 % scale replica of an aeronca champ . the follow on light miniature aircraft lm 5 is a full sized tandem two seat replica of the piper pa 18 super cub . 1 2 3 4 the lm j3 w is a full sized two seat j 3 cub replica while the lm tc w is a full sized two seats in side by side configuration taylorcraft replica both rendered in wood and fabric . 7 aircraft edit summary of aircraft design by light miniature aircraft model name first flight number built type light miniature aircraft lm 1 1985 single seat 75 85 % scale replica of the piper j 3 cub light miniature aircraft lm 2 1987 single or two seat 75 % scale replica of the taylorcraft b light miniature aircraft lm 3 1987 single seat 75 % scale replica of the aeronca champ light miniature aircraft lm 5 1991 more than 35 2007 tandem two seat full sized replica of a piper pa 18 super cub light miniature aircraft lm j3 w tandem two seat full sized replica of a piper j 3 cub light miniature aircraft lm tc w two seat in side by side configuration full sized replica of a taylorcraft references edit a b downey julia 1999 kit aircraft directory kitplanes volume 15 number 12 december 1998 page 55 . primedia publications . issn 0891 1851 a b downey julia 2008 kit aircraft directory kitplanes volume 24 number 12 december 2007 page 60 . primedia publications . issn 0891 1851 a b c cliche andre ultralight aircraft shopper s guide 8th edition page b 38 . cybair limited publishing 2001 . isbn 0 9680628 1 4 a b purdy don aerocrafter homebuilt aircraft sourcebook page 197 . bai communications . isbn 0 9636409 4 1 light miniature aircraft website archives . archive.org . 13 march 2015 . retrieved 13 march 2015 . wicks aircraft . aircraft kits . retrieved 13 march 2015 . light miniature aircraft . plan and manuals . archived from the original on 22 march 2007 . retrieved 13 march 2015 . external links edit official website previous location company website archives on archive.org v t e light miniature aircraft aircraft lm 1 lm 2 lm 3 lm 5 lm j3 w lm tc w retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title light miniature aircraft & oldid 728202548 categories defunct aircraft manufacturers of the united statesultralight aircrafthomebuilt aircraft navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 3 july 2016 at 22 52 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view