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		Flight Design -- CTLS The leading seller of Light-Sport Aircraft is Flight Design and CTLS is their third-generation of the popular CT series. Not only geared to American pilot interest, CTLS added many new features including a more spacious cabin with greater visibility (though it was already huge). CTLS comes standard with a full glass panel, ballistic parachute and more.
		Dynon Avionics -- SkyView 10-inch Dynon Avionics has arguably become the largest supplier of LSA avionics in the form of computer screen displays of engine monitoring and flight instruments. At AOPA 2009, they introduced their impressive new SkyView synthetic vision system. In this video at Sebring 2010, we look at one of the first installations of this big-screen setup in the Flight Design CTLS.
	R	Flight Design CTLS (05/08) "Redesigned Flight Design CTLS" by Ed Downs . Published in EAA Sport Pilot & Light Sport Aircraft Magazine, May, 2008. Pilot Report begins: All photos by EAA Chief Photographer, Jim Koepnick This article appears on ByDanJohnson.com thanks to permission granted by EAA and the willingness of author, Ed Downs. I've had the pleasure to fly with many expert pilots but the very best aircraft checkout I've ever received came from Ed. He's a good pilot, that's a given. But he is also very adept at giving you a solid expectation of what to expect. I think you'll agree after you read this article. --Dan Johnson *** Note this article is presented
		SPLOG New Flight Design Offerings — Summer 2010, 08/26/2010 SPLOG begins: Flight Design has maintained their substantial lead in market share partly through a strategy of steady innovation . The German company and its U.S. partners regularly develop new products and introduce them with pizzazz. The company's press conference
		SPLOG The Mid-Year View, 07/13/2010 SPLOG begins: I had some fun today talking with Jim Sweeney , guest host of Roy Beisswenger's Ultraflight Radio Show . *** Our first topic was the state of the LSA industry. I first picked my pal Dan Johnson 's satellite-view brain of the LSA Big Picture to glean we're
		SPLOG They're Home! Twin Solo Round-the-World Flights, 06/21/2010 SPLOG begins: Two Swiss pilots embarked on a round-the-world flight on April 30 and 51 days later they are back home in Switzerland. Yannick Bovier , 37, and Francisco Agullo , 41, created an expedition they call "Azimut 270" to celebrate 100 years of aviation in Switzerland
		SPLOG CT Hauls Ash, 06/04/2010 SPLOG begins: Here's a hot item that should shake the dust off the notion that LSA are little toy airplanes. (Sorry, couldn't resist.) *** With all the concern recently over ash cloud emissions from Iceland's Eyjafajallawhatever volcano that disrupted global air transportation
		SPLOG Twin Solo Round-the-World Flights Land in Miami, 05/16/2010 SPLOG begins: As they connect the dots of their plan to circumnavigate the world in celebration of 100 years of aviation in Switzerland, Yannick Bovier and Francisco Agullo have now spanned one immense body of water. The pair of twin Flight Design CTLS "Ecolight" aircraft
		SPLOG CT Circles the Planet... Again!... in Pairs!!, 05/03/2010 SPLOG begins: Way back near the dawn of Light-Sport Aircraft... in 2007, two Indian military pilots flew a CT around the world to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Indian Air Force . (CT later became one of the first LSA used in an Indian flight school.) ***
		SPLOG Lower-Priced LSA Coming to Sun 'n Fun, 04/03/2010 SPLOG begins: After a tough winter in most parts of the USA, spring evidently arrived early with 80-degree temperatures as far north as Minnesota... all before Sun 'n Fun. More good news: After its coldest winter since the early 1980s Florida is extremely pleasant
		SPLOG Sebring Day Two: Flight Design Update, 01/22/2010 SPLOG begins: I was lucky enough to get Matthias Betsch , Flight Design 's CEO , all to myself for a few minutes and here's what he had to say: *** General update: "A hard year but better than we expected . In the last two to three months, we've had quite a pickup
		SPLOG Flight Design... "Has a Map for That", 12/20/2009 SPLOG begins: If you study FAA's registration database as I do, you'll quickly discover that Flight Design and its various CT models have a strong presence in the USA (the world for that matter, with 1,500 flying, according to the company). Since CT was first certified
		SPLOG Flight Design Out West, 12/15/2009 SPLOG begins: I was out in L.A. last week and had the distinct pleasure to hop a flight out of Santa Monica Airport , an old haunt of mine, with Flight Design USA 's California sales rep, Karine Noel . *** Karine was a perfect hostess. She's just set up shop to demo
		SPLOG Changing Times...and Light-Sport Aircraft's Future, 10/10/2009 SPLOG begins: Word of a few interesting developments arrived in my inbox, bringing with them new questions. *** Point One -- EAA announced it will cease publishing Sport Pilot and Light-Sport Aircraft magazine. LSA content will be merged into their flagship Sport Aviation
		SPLOG LSA Attain New Plateau in Aviation World, 08/05/2009 SPLOG begins: Viewed from the LSA Mall, AirVenture 2009 was much more than the summer's big celebration of flight. Several important events tell a story of growing acceptance of LSA. Here's a short list: LAMA hosted a meeting of G10 (the 10 largest LSA producers) and
		SPLOG New LSA Milestone; CT Delivers 300th, 07/12/2009 SPLOG begins: Sales are subdued all over aviation but it isn't stopping the top performers in the Light-Sport Aircraft marketplace. As our last market share update illustrated, Remos , Tecnam , SportCruiser , and Jabiru have all done reasonably (or very) well in the
		SPLOG Strong Survive Tough Economy...Some Repositioning, 05/12/2009 SPLOG begins: We continue to see the effects of the last year of economic turmoil in Light-Sport Aircraft market shares. The chart accompanying this SPLOG tells the numbers as always presented, with total market share since the first deliveries in 2005 based on carefully-reviewed
		SPLOG Heart of Texas LSA Expo Judged a Success, 03/09/2009 SPLOG begins: Exhibitor Chris Regis of Paradise USA (representing the P-1) reported "good visitor traffic" and "excellent organization" from the people behind the Heart of Texas LSA Expo . The new event, held over March 8 & 9 is one of two planned shows following
		SPLOG 2008 In Review; a Look at the Year for LSA Sales, 12/12/2008 SPLOG begins: With one month to go (and it's hard to imagine a big December), we have figures to report for this most extraordinary year. We're all (painfully) aware of the economic predicament, but how has this impacted light-sport aviation? Here's my observations.
		SPLOG LAMA Pushing Hard to Provide Audit Oversight, 10/24/2008 SPLOG begins: These days, "oversight" is a heavily used word on national media. But far from the strangeness of government bailouts is the world of Light-Sport Aircraft. For the new aviation sector, industry oversight is seen as critical by LAMA and many aviation leaders.
		SPLOG Aircraft Sales through April '08 Reflect Economy, 05/14/2008 SPLOG begins: I can identify four factors in the economy presently affecting airplane sales : Potential customers (often with plenty of assets or creditworthiness) see the value of their stock portfolio going up and down like a roller coaster; worry over their once-soaring
		Sidebar SLSA Service After the Sale, 05/01/2008 Sidebar begins: Most folks have probably never heard of ASTM International document F2295, Continued Operational Safety Monitoring of a Light-Sport Aircraft. But Tom Peghiny, president of Flight Designs USA, is intimately familiar with it. As the former chairman of the
		SPLOG Big Crowds at the Sun 'n Fun LSA Mall, 04/20/2008 SPLOG begins: Sun 'n Fun 2008 is history, but planning is already underway for the 2009 event . Event boss John Burton confirmed we will again have the LAMA-hosted LSA Mall right at the front gate next April 21-26. A major success at this year's Lakeland, Florida airshow,
		SPLOG High Priced Light-Sport Aircraft; What's Going On?, 03/15/2008 SPLOG begins: Lots of folks are wondering about, or complaining about, the seemingly high prices of Light-Sport Aircraft. Recently a prior editor-in-chief of EAA publications, Scott Spangler , wrote a blog on JetWhine . Scott focused on expensive avionics as one reason
		SPLOG Third Generation CT; Flight Design Announces LS, 12/10/2007 SPLOG begins: Flight Design leads the LSA flock maintaining a market share of more than 20% since the start of SLSA certifications almost three years ago. Their first American export was CT2K, fine tuned in 2006 for U.S. pilots as the CTSW . Now sport pilots around