American Legend Aircraft Company

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When design and production quality are without equal you've got a product that really excels. Such is the Legend Cub.

The Legend Cub was derived from the most proven, classic design in aviation's century long history. It upholds, even today, some of flying's most desirable attributes: excitement, joy, and infinite pleasures. Flying a Legend Cub is the contemporary equivalent of pure passionate fun.

Produced with modern technologies, from welding advances to covering polymers to avionics, this lovable legendary aircraft is safer, more dependable and more enjoyable than ever before. Read on to learn about the manufacturing process at American Legend Aircraft Company.

All new Legend Cubs begin their life in the company's very own welding shop. We manufacture the frames of the aircraft we build, and for good reason. We know that the quality of our finished aircraft depends on attention to detail, right down to the last welded joint.

American Legend Cub airframes are high-tech, meticulously designed structures. We think of them as individual works of art, as form following function. Our design methods utilize computerized measurement and precise laser cutting. The Chromoly (chromium-molybdenum steel) tubing used in every Legend Cub has the advantage of high tensile strength. It is considerably stronger and more durable than standard steel tubing.

American Legend Cub airframes are unique in many ways. For example, a Legend Cub features a standard left side door a first among modern aircraft of similar type. We also build our Cubs with an unobstructed, and wider, cabin for increased comfort. Wing spars do not extend into the overhead cabin space. Windscreen structural members are inverted for improved visibility. And, the Legend Cub cabin has three inches more elbowroom than similar vintage airplanes.

When we set out to design the Legend Cub we knew that the time-tested Clark-Y airfoil was the best available. So we changed nothing. At least not with regards to the superb airflow qualities we knew we could achieve. We did, however, accomplish our re-engineering effort utilizing an all-aluminum wing design that we consider to be optimum in many ways.

The American Legend Cub wing design uses no wood members that can prove unpredictable and affect the shape or strength of the wing over time. Our wing spars are custom extruded aluminum members, as are our wing ribs. The entire wing is produced on a certified assembly jig. Each structural member is carefully inspected, fitted and riveted in place. The entire process results in a uniformly manufactured wing for every Legend Cub we produce.

The American Legend Cub wing design also incorporates one of the best features of our Cub design. Unlike similar vintage airplanes, the Legend Cub can be flown solo from either the front or back seat. Two 12-gallon fuel tanks are built into each wing. We did this to alleviate the center-of-gravity and safety issues common with storing fuel on the aircraft bulkhead.

Tube and fabric aircraft are without a doubt some of the most beautiful aircraft ever made. The process of covering and finishing an aircraft is nothing short of an art form. At American Legend, our level of expertise with this process is second to none.

Elegant, clean lines, superior stitching, meticulous fit and finish are some of the terms we hear when admirers browse a Legend Cub. We use only the top materials and highly skilled technicians. Our expectations must exceed those of our customers.

At American Legend Aircraft Company, our choice for fabric and polymers is Superflite . Superflite has been making state-of-the-art aircraft covering and finishing systems since 1949. They continue to develop new and improved technologies that help American Legend produce superior performing and beautiful aircraft.

The appearance of your aircraft is as much about comfort as is the pilot seat. Even the most scrupulous pilots, enjoy the satisfaction that their Legend Cub gives that factory new feel. Every American Legend Legend Cub is manufactured with scrupulous detail and the application of paint is no exception.

Our factory is equipped with state-of-the-art full down draft insulated spray booths. The re-circulating system helps to preserve resources; fresh, heated working air is used over before its heat is lost. This sophisticated system ensures that every painted component of every Legend Cub is given an optimum protective coating. Every pilot will find equal comfort sitting in the pilot seat or sitting aside in admiration of his new Legend Cub.

The excitement of seeing a new Legend Cub come to life is just a primer for the excitement these aircraft will deliver. Each production aircraft rolls along the assembly line taking on a life of its own. Each with unique options specified by their buyer, a Legend Cub casts an eager brow towards the hangar door.

An American Legend Cub will always feel at home in Sulphur Springs, Texas. Here the folks are friendly, and here's where the four state-of-the-art production hangars reside. With more than 45,000-square-feet of hangar to facilitate production, the line-up of aircraft along a highly efficient series of assembly stations is evidenced.

Bustling is perhaps the best way to describe the assembly line atmosphere at American Legend. Bustling excitement seems to be bred into each aircraft. The birthplace of each and every Legend Cub is terra firma, but sitting in the open hangar it's easy to see that these airplanes are clamoring for open air.

The Continental O-200, four-cylinder engine is as legendary as the Cub itself. It delivers countless hours of reliable operation in a Legend Cub. Parts and maintenance are readily available at virtually any maintenance facility. With 100-horsepower to pull it through the air, Legend Cubs sound like the familiar Cub and performs more like a Super Cub.

With the optional Jabiru 120-horsepower engine, American Legend offers Legend Cub owners a state-of-the-art engine empowered with performance advantages. Its distinctive lightweight aluminum block gives the Jabiru high time between overhaul, affordable parts, and low maintenance costs. The Jabiru 3300A Aero Engine is a 6-cylinder workhorse that coupled with the Legend Cub delivers higher useful load, shorter takeoff distance, and faster climb.

The basics of flying boil down to two sets of opposing forces: gravity and lift, thrust and drag. Nowhere in the theory of flight is the requirement for advanced avionics or sophisticated instrumentation. However, next to good piloting skills, instrumentation is the second most important element in flying safely today. Some may ask why all the avionics in a Cub?

The only way to explain why today's airplanes are equipped with advanced electronics is to take at look at the way today's pilots are flying. Recreational aircraft use is about flying experiences that stimulate the senses. To enhance the flying experience, pilots increasingly rely on instrumentation to monitor every aspect of flight. Information that can be ascertained to reinforce good vision and a sharp mind increases safety exponentially. A Legend Cub can be fitted with an array of sophisticated instrumentation to suit the most discriminating of pilots. It's not about why, it's about why fly without.

American Legend Aircraft Company has certified and delivered more light-sport airplanes than any American manufacturer. Is it the result of the lovable, lasting appeal of the Cub? Is it the countless number of times the joy of flight is shared with a family member or a close friend? Or, is it the leisure and satisfaction of flying with other like-minded pilots, and their passengers, who dream they can fly?

Whatever your passion, whatever your fondness for taking to the sky, American Legend Aircraft Company continues to make flying dreams come true. Certification and delivery is the final step in the manufacture of every Legend Cub. At American Legend, we take pride delivering our passion for building airplanes to every Legend Cub customer.

The manufacturing process at American Legend Aircraft Company is often filled with anticipation and eagerness, and justifiably so. Each production aircraft has a customer waiting to take delivery.

From the welding shop to wing assembly, from pre-assembly to paint, each and every Legend Cub is crafted by caring hands. As these aircraft work their way down the assembly line they take on personalities of their own. The excitement in the delivery hangar is without comparison.

Dreams of flying are realized every day. And no limits exist to the pleasures that flying can bring. Flying a Legend Cub propels those dreams. Fly one home today.