Personal Flight
{{Short description|American aircraft manufacturer}}
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| type = Privately held company
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| defunct = December 2003
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| hq_location_city = Chelan, Washington
| hq_location_country = United States
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| industry = Aerospace
| products = Kit aircraft
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Personal Flight was an American aircraft manufacturer based in Kent, Washington and later Chelan, Washington. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of ultralight trikes, paramotors and powered parachutes in the form of kits for amateur construction including for the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles rules.Purdy, Don: AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition, pages 341 and 342. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998. {{ISBN|0-9636409-4-1}}Cliche, Andre: Ultralight Aircraft Shopper's Guide 8th Edition, page C-26. Cybair Limited Publishing, 2001. {{ISBN|0-9680628-1-4}}
The company went out of business at the end of 2003.{{cite web|url = http://www.personalflight.com/|title = Archives of www.personalflight.com|accessdate = 13 April 2015|author = Archive.org|date = 12 February 2015|archive-date = May 28, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150528013226/http://www.personalflight.com/|url-status = dead}}
The company produced a diverse series of ultralight aircraft in the late 1990s, included the Personal Flight Sky-Tender, an ultralight trike flying boat, the Personal Flight Sky-Bike, a paramotor and the conversion of that model to a powered parachute, by the addition of a wheeled carriage as the Personal Flight Sky-Bike Trike.
Personal Flight also acted as an importer and dealer for La Mouette hang gliders and Cosmos ULM ultralight trikes.{{cite web|url = http://www.personalflight.com/|title = Fly, trikes, paraglider, hang glider, Cosmos, ultralight, La Moutte|accessdate = 13 April 2015|author = Personal Flight|date = |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20030320032206/http://www.personalflight.com/ |archivedate = 20 March 2003}}
Aircraft
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+ align=center style="background:#BFD7FF"| Summary of aircraft built by Personal Flight |
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! Model name ! First flight ! Number built ! Type |
align=left| Personal Flight Sky-Bike
|align=center| |align=center| |align=left| paramotor |
align=left| Personal Flight Sky-Bike Trike
|align=center| |align=center| |align=left| powered parachute |
align=left| Personal Flight Sky-Tender
|align=center| |align=center| |align=left| ultralight trike flying boat |
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.personalflight.com}} - former location
- [https://web.archive.org/web/*/www.personalflight.com Company website archives] on Archive.org
{{Personal Flight aircraft}}
Category:Defunct aircraft manufacturers of the United States