Flylight
{{Short description|British aircraft manufacturer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2017}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Flylight Airsports
| logo = File:Flylight Logo 2013.png
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| type = Privately held company
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| key_people = Director / Chief Flying Instructor: Paul Dewhurst{{cite web |url=http://www.flylight.co.uk/tuition/team.htm |title=Flylight Airsports Ltd. - Tuition |publisher=Flylight.co.uk |accessdate=2014-05-11 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111217000156/http://www.flylight.co.uk/tuition/team.htm |archivedate=17 December 2011 |df=dmy-all }}
Director/ Hang-gliding CFI: Stewart Bond
Director / Instructor / Designer: Ben Ashman
| industry = Aerospace
| products = Ultralight trikes
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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.Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 212-213. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485XBertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04, page 67. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X
In 2011 the company experimented with an electric aircraft derivative of the Dragonfly, designated the Flylight E-Dragon.
Aircraft
File:G-LOAM MotorFloater first flight.jpg]]
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+ style="text-align:center; background:#bfd7ff;"| Summary of aircraft built by Flylight |
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! Model name ! First flight ! Number built ! Type |
align=left| Flylight Dragonfly
|align=center| |align=center| |align=left| Ultralight trike |
align=left| Flylight E-Dragon
|align=center| |align=center| |align=left| Ultralight trike |
align=left| Flylight Motorfloater
|align=center| 2010 |align=center| |align=left| Ultralight trike |
align=left| Flylight Doodle Bug
|align=center| 1999 |align=center| |align=left| Powered hang glider |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Official website|http://www.flylight.co.uk/}}
{{Flylight aircraft}}