Light Sport Aircraft News

More Fight Design Pilot Centers Improve Customer Convenience

South Woodstock, CONNECTICUT / January 18, 2010 — Happy New Year from Flight Design USA as the company announced adding four new flight schools to their growing roster of Flight Design Pilot Centers (FDPC). Now it is that much easier for student pilots to find quality Light-Sport Aircraft flight instruction to Sport Pilot, Private Pilot, and beyond. With the addition, Flight Design now boasts a network of 21 pilot centers using Flight Design Light-Sport Aircraft, which the company believes to be the largest in America.

Largest LSA Flight School Program Reaches Out to Potential Student Pilots

South Woodstock, CONNECTICUT / January 12, 2010 — Over the last year, leading LSA seller, Flight Design USA has enlisted a growing roster of schools to its Flight Design Pilot Center program. In order to supply those flight schools with quality leads for student pilots, Flight Design USA has partnered with Pilot Journey, a top-producing website catering to those seeking a place to obtain flight training.

Leading LSA Seller to Display CTLS at Country’s Largest Shopping Mall

South Woodstock, CONNECTICUT / January 7, 2010 — Normally, airplanes fly over the largest enclosed mall in the world as they approach runways for Minneapolis/St. Paul airport. But on January 10, 2010 Flight Design USA and the Metro Lakes District of the Boy Scouts of America will bring one in much lower by staging a Light-Sport Aircraft (LSA) into the mall as a tool to raise awareness and support for “Project Extreme Day” at the Mall of America.

January 6, 2010 – (Mobile, AL) – Teledyne Continental Motors, Inc. (TCM), a Teledyne Technologies, Incorporated (NYSE:TDY) company announced today a new pricing incentive for its engine customers.  For a short time beginning today, TCM will offer a price discount on factory-new and factory-rebuilt engines for customers exchanging a First-Run Engine Core.

January 4, 2010 – (Mobile, AL) – Teledyne Continental Motors, Inc. (TCM), a Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:TDY) company announced today that 2010 prices for Factory New and Factory Rebuilt engines will not increase.

Foremost Presenter, Phil Lockwood, Educates Users, Mechanics, and More

Sebring, FLORIDA / December 30, 2009 — As 2010 arrives, the most popular powerplant for Light-Sport Aircraft offers a new Time Between Overhaul and builds on its capability to use auto fuel and new oils specially developed for the engine. The man best equipped and most experienced at delivering details of these new qualities is national Rotax expert, Phillip Lockwood of Lockwood Aircraft Supply.

WICHITA, Kan., Dec. 18, 2009 - Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, today delivered its first Model 162 Skycatcher Light Sport Aircraft during a ceremony at Yingling Aircraft in Wichita, Kan. Yingling is one of three U.S. re-assembly facilities for the Skycatcher.

Second and Third Centers Operating in Santa Monica, CA and Portland, OR

South Woodstock, CONNECTICUT / December 15, 2009 — Flight Design USA announced that its newest distributor, Flight Design West has located two new aircraft, one in Santa Monica, California and a second in Portland, Oregon as part of the growth of the aircraft sales and service outlets for the CTLS line of aircraft. The new facilities represent the company’s second and third locations on the West Coast. The first center was located at Lone Mountain Aircraft in North Las Vegas, Nevada.

WICHITA, Kan., Dec. 14, 2009 - Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, today recognized four Cessna Pilot Centers as the first training schools to gain approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) under Federal Aviation Regulation (FAR) Part 141 to use Cessna’s new Sport/Private Pilot Course in their private pilot certificate training programs.

First Production Models Scheduled for November, 2010

SPRUCE CREEK FLY-IN, PORT ORANGE, FL:  December 10, 2009.  MySky Aircraft, Inc., developer of the MS-1 second-generation light sport aircraft, has announced that orders are now being accepted for the new airplane.  The first deliveries of production models are expected in November, 2010.