CT Tour Will Span Nine Western States
Spring is almost here... and one distributor for the Flight
Design CT light sport aircraft plans to kick the season off right!
Responding to a request from Flight Design USA for its national
dealers to provide additional opportunities for pilots and
potential customers to see and take a demo flight in the CT, Tom
Dunham of Flight Design West will soon hit the road... er, the
air... on a high-ranging tour.
"We will be sending Tom Dunham out on tour with the CT," said
John Dunham, president of Flight Design West. An airport operator
and A&P when not on tour, Tom Dunham is also a Certified Flight
Instructor with more than 300 hours in the Flight Design CTsw.
"Many western customers have been waiting for a demonstration
flight," added John Dunham. Flight Design West represents the CT in
California, Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Wyoming,
Idaho, and Montana.
The tour provides several opportunities -- both for new
customers interested in the CT, and for existing CT flyers.
Interested pilots may call or email Tom with their contact
information (including local airport identifier) to see if he can
swing by their home airport, and show off the plane ANN named
"Best of the Breed" in the
S-LSA category for 2006.
"Please be patient...we may not be able to get to everyone at
once, but between now and summer, we expect to get Tom out to all
of our nine contiguous Western States," added John Dunham.
Existing Flight Design West customers already flying their CTs
are also invited to contact Tom as soon as possible with any minor
service or warranty issues. "We will do our best to load Tom up
with spare parts and tools to accomplish these service items," said
Dunham. "For example, carburetor balancing is Tom's specialty; your
Rotax 912ULS may need this simple service to run perfectly. In
addition on-site Annuals, and BFRs can also be arranged by special
appointment with Tom."
The spring 2007 CT demo and service tour is a joint effort
between Flight Design West, LLC and their west coast dealer, Light
Sport Airplanes West, LLC, based in Salinas, CA. Light Sport
Airplanes West is supplying a new stock CTsw for this CT Tour.
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.