New World Record Claimed for a Light-Sport Aircraft; Flying Around the World in a Flight Design CTsw


ECHTERDINGEN, Germany, August 29 /PRNewswire/ --

A Flight Design CTsw flown by Indian Air Force officers Rahul Monga and
Anil Kumar completed a round-the-world flight in 79 days, believed to be a
new world record for this class of aircraft. The flight was done as part of
celebration of the Indian Air Force 75th Anniversary. Monga and Kumar began
their voyage on June 1st at Delhi, India and returned August 19th. In each
location visited, the pilot team made contact with their Air Force
counterparts in that country.

After thorough evaluations, the Indian Air Force selected a serial
production CT aircraft from German manufacturer, Flight Design. "The round
the world tour under day VFR (visual reference) rules was successful with
this airplane despite difficult weather conditions," reported Matthias
Betsch, CEO of Flight Design. Both Monga and Kumar credit the high
performance, quality, and reliability of the CT. Co-pilot Anil Kumar said,
"It's a fantastic machine, very reliable ... it got us home and there were no
problems. We had good support from the manufacturer."

CT, a German high technology design built mostly of carbon fiber, flies
up to 120 knots as a certified U.S. Light-Sport Aircraft (LSA) with a range
of up to 1,100 nautical miles in a spacious cockpit.

In the last 10 years Flight Design, with headquarters in Stuttgart,
Germany and production in Ukraine, has become the confirmed worldwide market
leader among lightweight, sporting aircraft. CT leads the American LSA
segment with more than 20% market share. Recently jet manufacturer Cessna and
piston engine market leader Cirrus announced LSA projects.

Flight Design is a 21-year-old air sport products producer based in
Germany. Over 1,000 of its aircraft are flying in 25 countries. Several
models of the CT are popular in Germany and Europe with more than ten years
experience. More info: http://www.flightdesign.com/en .

PHOTO: A photo of the pilots posing with their CT is available at:
http://www.ByDanJohnson.com/promo > 1 NEWS RELEASE PHOTOS for Media > Flight
Design NEWS PHOTOS > CT Round-World Flight NEWS PHOTOS > See photo titled:
"CT world flight-0807.JPG" (4.4 MB)

PILOT CONTACT: Contact may be made directly to Commander Rahul Monga at
rahulmonga@gmail.com

COMPANY CONTACTS: (Germany) Matthias Betsch 
 (USA) Thomas Peghiny < fstar@rcn.com >

Web site: http://www.flightdesign.com/en

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