Wed, Jul 20, 2011
Flight Design Cites Class Win In Morane-Saulnier In Touting
Efficiency
The original Morane-Saulnier Paris-to-Madrid Air Race in 1911
was a daredevil sport for competitors, and just finishing the race
was considered an ambitious goal. The centennial was observed with
the "Paris-Madrid Green Air Challenge," seeing not just who could
finish and how fast, but how efficiently and quietly the planes
could fly.
Competitors ranged from high-tech composite motorgliders to a
Cessna 150. As
ANN reported, Pipistrel finished first and
third with glider-derived designs, but Flight Design is hailing its
second-place overall finish, and first-place finish in the Airplane
class, as evidence of the superiority of the design of its popular
CTLS.
Tom Peghiny, president of Flight Design USA, commented, "Our
CTLS Light-Sport Aircraft proved its top-of-class efficiency,
winning Airplane class in this four-leg, 768-mile race. We have
strived to portray our performance results honestly and we can do
so precisely because CTLS performs so well. CTLS is an intelligent
design that works in real-world flying."
Not everyone thinks of an LSA as a first choice for
international flights, but the CTLS is a very capable aircraft,
especially compared to the craft entered in the original event. In
the 1911 Morane-Saulnier Paris-Madrid race, 21 teams entered, but
only six were able to depart at race ime. The winner, Jules
Védrines, was also the only pilot to finish the race, which
he did in fifteen hours, for an average speed of about 51 MPH.
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