CTs Are Now “In Stock” At Dealerships

South Woodstock, CT / April 15, 2007 — Two years ago today, FAA issued the very first Special Light-Sport Aircraft Airworthiness Certificates. Evektor SportStar was first, followed a few hours later by the Flight Design CT. The two years that have passed since those first approvals have defined the leadership of this new market and Flight Design sits at the top of the stack.

According to FAA registrations through early April 2007, Flight Design enjoys 21% of the market by virtue of 153 U.S.-registered aircraft. The company’s CT has held this share even as a total of 49 models built by 38 companies have received their SLSA Airworthiness Certificate. Flight Design is trailed by American Legend at 13% (93 aircraft) and Evektor at 8% (54 aircraft) of all FAA registrations.

At an April 15th ceremony in front of the FAA building at Sun ‘n Fun 2005, many aviation officials stood up to congratulate the agency and several LSA providers for quickly addressing the new market created after FAA issued the Sport Pilot/Light-Sport Aircraft rule in July of 2004. From then until now, the industry has registered 838 Special Light-Sport Aircraft including 719 fixed-wing airplanes; weight and powered parachutes account for 119 aircraft.

While many companies were establishing their businesses and gaining familiarity for their new brand name and aircraft models, Flight Design and its American partner Flight Design USA were aggressively building additional production capability in Europe plus a distribution and service network in the U.S. These two actions converged and now in April 2007, CT is in stock and ready for immediate delivery at several of the company’s distributors and dealers.

Flight Design reports more than 900 aircraft delivered since the CTs introduction in 1997. More than 150 CTs have been registered as special light-sport aircraft in the USA. The 98% carbon fiber, two-place CT features a 49-inch wide cabin and 671 pounds of useful load. It is powered by a 100-hp Rotax 912S engine and equipped with a BRS ballistic parachute as standard equipment. With a top speed of 120 knots, CT economy cruises at 112 knots, stalls at 39 knots, and can fly over 1,000 miles nonstop. To learn more about the CT, visit Flight Design USA headquarters in Woodstock, Connecticut; call 860-963-7272; e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , or visit www.FlightDesignUSA.com, or visit a sales/service center.