Second and Third Centers Operating in Santa Monica, CA and
Portland, OR
Flight Design USA announced
Tuesday that its newest distributor, Flight Design West has
placed aircraft in Santa Monica, California and Portland, Oregon as
part of the growth of the sales and service outlets for the CTLS
line of aircraft. The new facilities represent the company's second
and third locations on the West Coast. The first center was located
at Lone Mountain Aircraft in North Las Vegas, Nevada.
Flight Design West's Las Vegas service center has additionally
established repair centers in Santa Monica and Portland to support
existing CT aircraft, more than 300 strong in America representing
the largest Light-Sport Aircraft fleet in the country by more than
double the next closest brand. Each of the flight demonstration and
sales outlets can also arrange local flight training which will
allow customers a one-stop location for Light-Sport Aircraft needs
on the west coast.
"The choice for these locations was made so we have about a
two-hour fight between any of our locations and we could
effectively cover customers' requests quickly and very
economically," said Mark Rogers, president of Lone Mountain
Aircraft and managing partner of Flight Design West. "We are
offering a special incentive to customers for the first deliveries
in each of these markets to allow customers to take advantage of
the Bonus Depreciation if they act before year end."
Travelers and locals are invited to any of the 31 other outlets
in the USA that currently sell and service the CT series. "With a
range of over 850 NM in a very well-equipped aircraft, it is great
to have three new places to select," said Tom Peghiny, president of
Flight Design USA. The company's strategy to have aircraft in most
of the major metro areas shows the utility of this high-end LSA
aircraft as a safe, reliable vehicle that has over-delivered while
still allowing experiencing the sheer fun of a simple airplane.
Flight Design CTLS
"This airplane's capability, simplicity, and sophistication
allow it to easily integrate into the dense and varied traffic flow
of major multi-use airports. On a recent visit we took a beautiful
11-gallon, two-hour flight to Las Vegas, Nevada, right from
Hollywood, California," said National Sales Manager John Gilmore.
"Each U.S. airplane comes with dual Dynon digital instrument
displays; Garmin's latest GPS; BRS airframe parachute; three-axis
autopilot, and mode S transponder integrated into a simple-to-land,
simple-to-fly platform.
"The new service centers assure support for the plane will be
available for all western U.S. customers," said Gilmore. "The
ability to have simple airplane and to travel and coexist in a
complex environment is the benefit of the real-world configured US
aircraft."