"Hy-Bird, a “zero carbon” development aircraft..."

"...star in a Leonardo DiCaprio film"

"Hy-Bird takes on Solar Impulse"

"A firm from France aims to fly a plane around the world powered by “100-per-cent clean” energy, two years before a rival Swiss team."

“The idea is to go round the world in a prototype of a clean plane,” ... “With a double objective: to create an event around sustainable mobility and encourage funding to industrialize the plane.”

"Stealing the limelight at AERO was this astonishing French design, the Akoya amphibian"

"A highly efficient wing designed for high speed is equipped"

"Dubbed the AKOYA, the first model references a Japanese pearl and is a technological jewel"

"The AKOYA offers a luxury way to escape and travel"

"Security and technology are the two major characteristics of the Akoya" 

"Lisa to enter leisure market"

"French start-up manufacturer Lisa Airplanes has launched a two-seat amphibious ultra-light aircraft "

"the first aircraft designed to "operate from land, water and snow"

"a luxury leisure plane"

"From the start, their vocation was to become one of the major international manufacturers in the sector, providing their clients with safe, innovative and high-performance airplanes as well as quality service"

"target a market of the very light private jets"

"Neither a tourims plane, nor a business jet, the Akoya will be a means of top-of-the-range escape, the must of technology and tendancies"

"The fine lines of the AKOYA "..." combine aerodynamic properties with good looks"

"concentrates the assets of the helicopter and the seaplane"

"It brings flying lovers and water enthusiasts together, with an eye on elegance..."

"Take-off from near your yacht, fly to the airfield of your private property, or perhaps change direction mid-flight and visit the mountains... This is all possible for those who possess an AKOYA, thanks to the MultiAccess concept of LISA Airplanes"

"the AKOYA the first plane to be both agile in water and fast in the air"

"The AKOYA seaplane set to fly"

"the only aircraft able to land on the ground, water and snow"

"The AKOYA is expected to boast some impressive numbers and features ... "

"The aircraft is due to be on display at some of the leading European airshows this year, including Friedrichshafen, Eur-Avia, EBACE and the Monaco Yacht Show"

Extract from the magazine of the International Show of General and Sport Aviation ‘AVIA EXPO 2006’.

“Don’t miss our favorite in hall 10, the stand of LISA Airplanes beautifully decorated with a beach theme. Erick Herzberger presents the AKOYA.”“The AKOYA is a high-performance microlight.”

Extract from the technical journal ‘JITEC’ (2006)

“Ready for take-off?LISA Airplanes, a young and innovating leisure aeronautics company, celebrates it second birthday. Its founder, Erick Herzberger and Luc Bernole, have developed and patented an adjustable wing.”

Extract from the weekly magazine ‘ECO DES PAYS DE SAVOIE’ (July 2006)

“… LISA Airplanes sets its sights on the top of the range…”“The AKOYA, a wonder of technology”“LISA Airplanes has increased its personnel from 4 to 12 persons, changed its legal status and moved premises.”“After two years of development, the company launches the precommercialization phase of its AKOYA, a ’plane capable of landing on land, on water and on snow.” “In the traditional world of light aircraft, the AKOYA is making itself noticed. It is the only ’plane capable of landing on land, on water and on snow. These qualities are more than enough to seduce a rich client wishing to fly direct from his chalet in the mountains to his yacht in the Caribbean.”

Extract from the weekly magazine ‘ECO DES PAYS DE SAVOIE’ (2005)

“LISA Airplanes: ready for take-offEverything is set for the first aeroplane built in Savoie. The young enterprise based in the high-tech business zone Savoie Technolac, LISA Airplanes has just received the financial green light for building its prototype which should take to the air within a year…”

Extract from the daily newspaper ‘DAUPHINE’ (2005)

“Looking skywardsIn reply to an ever-increasing demand for internal flights in Europe, Australia and South Africa, and in anticipation of new legislation to be passed in the USA, the partnership quickly saw the interest in occupying this area of aeronautics…”

Extract from the fortnightly magazine ‘INTERPOLE’ (2005)

“LISA’s DreamFly from Chambéry in France to New York aboard a solar-powered aeroplane in 2007… that’s the challenge facing Erick Herzberger and the team at LISA Airplanes, We’re going to show that solar power can make ’planes fly…”“The solar ’plane will only fly if we get all the strengths and skills of Savoie behind it.”

Extract from the weekly magazine ‘ECO DES PAYS DE SAVOIE’ (2003)

“LISA Airplanes on the right track with leisure aviation.In response to the highly regulated world of private aviation… new, more flexible ways of taking to the air are being developed. In the high-tech business zone Savoie Technolac, Erick Herzberger is innovating…”