News and Events

Today the first production Flight Design F2-LSA to reach the USA was inspected by an FAA representative and issued a certificate of airworthiness as a Special Light Sport Aircraft. The aircraft is going to a gentleman from the Milwaukee area and will be delivered this month at Airventure-Oshkosh 2021. “We are very happy to take part in this review which we’ve been waiting for, for nearly two years”, said Tom Gutmann Jr. of Airtime Aviation. “We are excited to receive Read more

FLIGHT DESIGN is pleased to announce the availability of the 914T option for the CTLS GT 2020. The CTLS GT with the Turbocharged Rotax 914 and large intercooler system greatly improves the climb rate, cruise speed and high-altitude performance on FLIGHT DESIGN’s most popular model. “We are very excited to finish development of this new variant of the CTLS GT said Daniel Guenther, managing director of FLIGHT DESIGN general aviation. The design team did a beautiful job integrating the Rotax Read more

FLIGHT DESIGN general aviation has had very strong first-quarter sales in 2021. FLIGHT DESIGN has invested in improvements to the FLIGHT DESIGN aircraft since 2018 and as a result, new CT-Super, CTLS/CTLSi the certified CTLS and the new F2 have been selling very well.   “It first began when FLIGHT DESIGN was bought by Sven Lindig, the major shareholder of LIFT said FLIGHT DESIGN Managing Director Daniel Guenther, we invested first in the production facility and replaced or repaired the Read more

Lakeland, FLORIDA FLIGHT DESIGN general aviation and FLIGHT DESIGN USA had a very successful Sun n’ Fun 2021 airshow in Lakeland, Florida last week. Impressive crowds with lots of interest shown in the F2, the CTLSi-GT 2020 and the CT-Super Sport.   “It was anyone’s guess as to how the show would turn out,” said FLIGHT DESIGN USA President Tom Peghiny. With the recent shutdown of most public events worldwide, we really had no idea how many people would attend. Read more

As per tomorrow, the SUN’n FUN Aerospace Expo, Florida’s largest annual convention of any kind and the  2nd largest air show in the world, will take place.       Flight Design USA will be displaying the F2-LSA. We would be pleased if you are visiting us in the main manufacturers display MD-3D.     And if you aren’t able to attend, we will take pictures and videos live on location for you, which you are welcome to follow on Read more

We are pleased to announce that the CTLS GT Grand Touring has been successfully registered by Flight Design France as a 525kg Ultralight and that the airplanes now can be registered in France at 525kg max takeoff weight, the French aviation Authority has issued the revision of the Fiche d ’identification which was previously limited to 472.5kg to 525kg. This allows a much more ‘useful’, useful load!   The new Flight and maintenance manual are also updated and is available Read more

FLIGHT DESIGN, our dealers and customers are excited that the new F2-LSA is now in production and the first deliveries are going to happen very soon.  We were very surprised to see the F2 gracing the covers of both Flying Magazine and AOPA for the month of January 2021, what a great way to start the New Year! “It is an honor to be recognized in this manner said Daniel Guenther, Managing Director of FLIGHT DESIGN general aviation. Our company, Read more

FLIGHT DESIGN general aviation is excited to announce that as of December 19th the CTLS series is available as a full EASA certified aircraft. The EASA certification is recognized in most countries allowing the popular CTLS(i) to be used for flight training for a pilot’s license in many new countries.   “This is a great news and is a testament to the great work done by our certification engineering team” Said Christian Majunke, FLIGHT DESIGN Head of Airworthiness and manager Read more

In the competition for the XXIII Innovation Award Thuringia 2020, our application was selected and nominated among the top three in its category, “Tradition & Future”. We are very pleased with this award and would like to thank all Flight Design team members involved. This honor is a very good incentive for us to continue to innovate, bringing a fresh breeze into the aviation industry and to enrich the market with great new ideas like the F2e airplane. Until now, Read more

Flight Design general aviation is happy to announce that the popular CTLS series is now certified by the German Aeroclub (DAeC) for 600kg Maximum Takeoff Mass. This allows Flight Design to deliver new CTLS with the increased utility of operating with a higher useful load and owners to be upgraded to the 600kg limit through a program at the Flight Design maintenance facility at Kindel airfield, Eisenach. The new approval applies to both the 912ULS equipped CTLS and the 912iS Read more