[1][2] Jabiru also sold many variants of the LSA design to meet with different Australian and international certification requirements, including complete, factory-built aircraft and kits for amateur construction.

[2] The pilot and a single passenger sit side-by-side in a fully enclosed cabin.

[2] Early the following year, the Avtech company was founded[3] to develop it,[4] and construction of the first prototype began.

[2] The LSA was originally tested and certified with the 48-kilowatt (64 hp) Rotax 582 two-cylinder, two-stroke engine.

[2] Southern Skies Aviation was an early flight training school customer.