Flight Design

Flight Design
Limited company
Industry Aerospace
Headquarters Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Germany
Key people
 Matthias Betsch, Chairman, President & CEO
Products Light aircraft, hang gliders, paragliders
Website www.flightdesign.com

Flight Design (Flight Design GmbH) is a German aircraft manufacturer based in Leinfelden-Echterdingen.[1]

The company started building hang gliders and ultralight aircraft in the 1980s and added paragliders around 1992.[1]

The CT series first flew in March 1996 and was put into production in 1997. The company currently manufactures the aircraft line, which can be flown under microlight/ultralight regulations in several countries and under the Light-sport aircraft (LSA) rules in the US. Engineering design work is still performed in Germany, but much production and all assembly of the aircraft has been moved to Ukraine to lower production costs.[2]

In February 2011 the company announced that it is developing a four-seat design to be designated C4.[3]

At AirVenture 2013 the company announced that it intends to open a final assembly plant in Windham, Connecticut, United States and a plant in China in conjunction with a Taiwanese company, Aero Jones.[4][5]

Aircraft

 Summary of aircraft built by Flight Design
Model name First flight Number built Type
Axxess Single or two place rigid wing hang glider
Exxtacy Single place rigid wing hang glider
A4 paraglider
Stream paraglider
Boxtair paraglider
Twin paraglider
CT 1997 Composite two seat, high wing microlight/sport aircraft
CT2K 1999 Composite two seat, high wing microlight/sport aircraft
CTSW Composite two seat, high wing microlight/sport aircraft
CTLS 2006 Composite two seat, high wing microlight/sport aircraft
MC 2008 Aluminium two seat, high wing microlight/sport aircraft
CTLS-Lite 2010 Composite two seat, high wing microlight/sport aircraft
CTHL 2010 Composite two seat, high wing microlight/sport aircraft
C4 pending Composite four seat aircraft

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04, pages 16, 44 & 140. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster OK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X
  2. ↑ Hunt, Adam: One of aviation’s best kept secrets - Flight Design CT2K – Flight report, COPA Flight page C-1. Canadian Owners and Pilots Association, October 2004
  3. ↑ Pew, Glenn (February 2011). "Flight Design's Four Seater". AvWeb. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
  4. ↑ Aviation Week & Space Technology: 60. 14 October 2013. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ↑ Niles, Russ. "Flight Design To Open Chinese, U.S. Plants - AVweb flash Article". Avweb.com. Retrieved 2013-07-31.

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