Training Service Technicians to High Expertise

South Woodstock, Conn. / November 26, 2007 - Flight Design USA (http://www.FlightDesignUSA.com) announced that it has in the last year graduated 23 technicians, distributors, and dealers from its comprehensive engine and airframe training classes. In this new industry such work to professionally build infrastructure to better serve its customers is the goal of sales leader, Flight Design. The U.S. importer has earned a 21%+ market share which it has maintained since the first Special Light-Sport Aircraft were certified.

Recently, another group of Flight Design personnel increased their ability to service customer CT airplanes. A weeklong class at Aero Technical Institute in Sebring Florida trained nine more people in the Rotax 912 engine and the CTsw airframe. One attendee was Flight Design USA National Sales Manager, Ken Godin. Although technically capable Godin reported, "I learned a great deal from this week-long class. By the end, I feel completely certain that I received training to, for example, remove a CT from its overseas shipping container and fully assemble and check it out for delivery to a customer."

Flight Design shines in the area of properly training its personnel to provide top-notch service to customers. In the last year, starting in December 2006, Flight Design USA has registered 23 men to go through this thorough training class. An additional three such classes were held in February, May, and November 2007 with the effort continuing into 2008. Flight Design president, Tom Peghiny, indicated that he felt his company was not only ahead in the sale of LSA aircraft to the United States but that he is doing all he can to assure distributors, dealers, and their mechanics are capably schooled in the composite aircraft.

Flight Design of Germany has a system wide program of assuring the right level of training has been given before technicians perform work on CT aircraft. This program, called "One Step Ahead," was revealed to media and the public at Sun 'n Fun 2007. The company feels it has developed the industry's most complete service training and skill verification program. Technicians can qualify at three levels of expertise and are able to work on increasing portions of their airplane once suitably trained.

"As the LSA community develops its infrastructure in America, Flight Design is proud to lead the industry in training efforts," expressed Matthias Betsch, CEO of Flight Design GmbH.

Flight Design reports more than 1,000 aircraft delivered since the CT's introduction in 1997 and is the top-selling light-sport aircraft in the USA since 2005. 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 http://www.FlightDesignUSA.com/.