Tue, Apr 12, 2011
Company Donates System To Able Flight
In an effort to help disabled persons achieve a goal of learning
to fly, Flight Design has donated one of its hand control systems
for use by a disabled student who has access to a Flight Design
aircraft.
The new hand control system - a set of parts and instruction for
retrofitting to an in-service aircraft - has completed all testing
and entered production. The Able Flight unit will be one of of such
systems produced and now available. The complete system retails for
approximately $4,000.00. "We have watched Able Flight and its
director Charles Stites and we are very impressed with the
organization's success at getting young disabled persons into
Light-Sport Aircraft," stated Flight Design CEO, Matthias Betsch.
"We need more people in flying. These young people want to fly. We
have many aircraft in the field. So we worked with Flight Design
Technik to create and build a hand control system. We are pleased
to make it available to Able Flight and to customers who need such
equipment."
Charles Stites, Executive Director of Able Flight, received the
donated system on April 1. "I've been following the development of
the controls for the CT, and am very pleased to hear that they are
now in production, and obviously I'm gratified with this offer," he
said. "It has been one of my goals to find a way to have accessible
LSAs available for training, and for rental or purchase after a
pilot gets a certificate. It is a tribute to Flight Design that
they have worked with Flight Design Technik to develop the
controls. This will certainly expand opportunities for flight
students with disabilities."
Flight Design is a 24-year-old air-sport products producer based
in Germany. More than 1,700 of these aircraft are flying in 40
countries.
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