Milestone CT Goes to New Dealer, Brian Longwill
27 August 2007 - Flight Design USA distributor Airtime Aviation (http://www.airtimeaviationus.com) delivered the 200th CT sold in the USA to new Flight Design dealer Brian Longwill of Albuquerque, New Mexico. In addition to representing sales of the bestselling LightSport Aircraft (LSA), Longwill will base his CT operation at a new LSA, taildragger, and general sportflying airport he is opening in Estanica, New Mexico (east of Albuquerque, south of Moriarty).
Airtime Aviation serves a number of south central U.S. states as the distributor of Flight Design aircraft. Part of their job is establishing dealers in their territory. And, in a fascinating bit of timing, the number 200 sale of the CT nationally is also the 50th CT delivered by Airtime. The Tulsa, Oklahomabased distributor is one of most successful sellers of LSA in the country.
“We congratulate Tom Gutmann Senior and Junior on delivering CT number 200,” said Tom Peghiny, president of national importer Flight Design USA. “Great work by the Gutmanns, Airtime, and our other distributors has convincingly built the CT into the country’s most successful LSA. “We have registered more CTs than the number three, four, and five sellers of LSA combined.”
The customer for the number 200 CT, Mr. Longwill is himself a highly accomplished aviator. A 20 year airline veteran and Boeing 767 captain, Brian previously flew F15 and F16 fighters. He has worked with city officials in Estancia (Spanish for
“ranch”) to complete work on the new E92 airport. The new location will be valuable to help train new and returning pilots interested in the new LSA aircraft segment. Brian refers to the new Estancia airport as a home to “grassroots flying.”
