To be certified as a factory-built LSA, Texas Aircraft Manufacturing's Colt is set to debut at Oshkosh this year featuring an aluminum airframe, chromoly steel-tube "safety cell" and a ballistic parachute. If you think it looks a lot like the INPAER Conquest 180, you'd be right; Caio Jordo, who led the Brazilian lightplane manufacturer, is functioning as TAM's chief designer.
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