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2009-09-21
A 2003 CT2K Has Logged 13,268 Landings!
Some say a Light-Sport Aircraft may fly great as a training aircraft but cannot possibly hold up to years of use by students learning the art of flying. Flight Design recently got proof showing the doubters are just plain wrong.


Flight Design received a copy of the latest logbook page for a 2003 CT2K identified as German registration D-MGAC. The CT2K was the first-generation model of the best-selling Light-Sport airplane broadly known as the “CT.” The log shows this airplane was delivered in 2003 and has been operated daily at Jesenwang airfield (EDMJ) close to Munich in Germany as a flight school basic trainer. The plane has accumulated nearly 3,000 hours of flight time and is on its second Rotax engine while still doing daily work at the short 400-meter (1,300-foot) airport.
After the CT2K Flight Design GmbH developed the CTSW and in 2008 the third-generation CTLS, with many improvements over prior-generation models. “The latest CTLS aircraft shares this longevity with the earlier models,” said Tom Peghiny, President of Flight Design USA. “We made it even stronger and with a longer fuselage and wider landing gear contributing to excellent handling for flight school use. We have quite a few airplanes in daily revenue generating operations. A flight school operator can expect these airplanes to fully pay for themselves in as few as 20 hours per month. It only takes about five active students to make this plane completely self funding.”
The Flight Design Team congratulates Max Walch in Jesenwang and his team.