Flylight

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Flylight Airsports
Type Privately held company
Industry Aerospace
Key people
Director / Chief Flying Instructor: Paul Dewhurst [1]
Director/ Hang-gliding CFI: Stewart Bond [1]
Director / Instructor / Designer: Ben Ashman [1]
Products Ultralight trikes
Website www.flylight.co.uk

Flylight Airsports is a British aircraft manufacturer based in Northamptonshire. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of ultralight trikes and is noted for its line of retractable gear single seat aircraft, such as the Dragonfly. The company also acts as importer for several lines of aircraft including the Best Off Skyranger and the Aeros line of hang gliders. [2] [3]

Contents

In 2011 the company experimented with an electric aircraft derivative of the Dragonfly, designated the Flylight E-Dragon. [2]

Aircraft

Flylight Motorfloater G-LOAM MotorFloater first flight.jpg
Flylight Motorfloater
Summary of aircraft built by Flylight
Model nameFirst flightNumber builtType
Flylight Dragonfly Ultralight trike
Flylight E-Dragon Ultralight trike
Flylight Motorfloater 2010Ultralight trike
Flylight Doodle Bug 1999 Powered hang glider

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Flylight Airsports Ltd. - Tuition". Flylight.co.uk. Archived from the original on 17 December 2011. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
  2. 1 2 Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 212-213. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
  3. Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04, page 67. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X