Speaking with Tom Peghiny, President of Flight Design USA about the Flight Design F2 currently working its way through FAA certification.
The F2 CS23 was awarded a type certificate by the European Aviation Safety Administration in December 2021, and an application was made with EASA to submit that data package to the FAA for a process that’s called “validation” where they review the data package and decide what will be required for full Part 23 (Level 1) certification in the United States.
In terms of new developments or changes since the application, Mr. Peghiny alluded to “small details” that they’re working on, but they’re focused on the day-night VFR and currently testing the equipment for full IFR flight in IMC. The Russian-Ukraine hostilities is of particular concern to Flight Design because it has a manufacturing facility in Ukraine; currently the good news is that the factory is still intact, the bad news is that it’s in Kherson which is an occupied area of Ukraine. They’re hoping for the best and planning for the worst. They’ve started the process of building up production capability in the Czech Republic where their prototype work and where the EASA production organization is based, so Flight Design already has a foothold there.
They’ve built airplanes in Czech Republic and have many vendors in the Czech Republic, so they are in the process of making new tooling to begin making F2’s both the LSA and the CS 23 certified version in Sumperk. Flight Design hopes to get its factory back intact, and is thankful that as of 8th April 2022, most of their people are fine. Mr. Peghiny adds “that’s the most important thing, you can make new molds, you can get another building, but you can’t replace your friends or the people you love.”
Aero-TV is a production of the Internationally syndicated Aero-News Network. Seen worldwide by hundreds of thousands of aviators and aviation adherents, ANN's Aero-TV has produced over 5000 aviation and feature programs, including nearly 2000 episodes of our daily aviation news program, AIRBORNE UNLIMITED, currently hosted by Holland Lee. Now in its third decade of operation, parent company Aero-News Network, has the most aggressive and intensive editorial profile of any aviation news organization and has published nearly a half-million news and feature stories since its inception -- having pioneered the online 24/7 aviation new-media model that so many have emulated.
He Attempted To Restart The Engine Three Times. On The Third Restart Attempt, He Noticed That Flames Were Coming Out From The Right Wing Near The Fuel Cap Analysis: The pilot repor>[...]
Make Sure You NEVER Miss A New Story From Aero-News Network Do you ever feel like you never see posts from a certain person or page on Facebook or Instagram? Here’s how you c>[...]
From 2009 (YouTube Edition): Leading Air Show Performers Give Their Best Advice for Newcomers On December 6th through December 9th, the Paris Las Vegas Hotel hosted over 1,500 air >[...]
Aero Linx: NASA ASRS ASRS captures confidential reports, analyzes the resulting aviation safety data, and disseminates vital information to the aviation community. The ASRS is an i>[...]
“For our inaugural Pylon Racing Seminar in Roswell, we were thrilled to certify 60 pilots across our six closed-course pylon race classes. Not only did this year’s PRS >[...]
NTSB Final Report: Rutan Long-EZ
See All