2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Flight design ct2k: KGG1951· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Flight Design CTSW: Juergen Lehle· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Flight Design CT series is a family of high-wing, tricycle undercarriage, two seat, ultralight and light-sport aircraft produced by Flight Design (Flightdesign Vertrieb) of Germany. The family includes the original CT and the CT2K, CTSW, CTLS and the MC models. The maiden flight of the original CT model was performed in March 1996, quantity production of the type commenced during the following year at Flight Design's facility in Ukraine.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 8.5 m wingspan
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 30 years ago, in 1996.
- Top speed is 1.8× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Range of 2,000 km: 11× Amsterdam to Brussels.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1996
- introduced
- 1997
- status
- in production
- number built
- 900
- role
- microlight/ultralight
- makers
- Flight Design
- engines
- 1× Rotax 912S
- crew
- 1
- passengers
- 1
- length
- 6.2 m
- wingspan
- 8.5 m
- height
- 2.2 m
- max take-off weight
- 600 kg
- top speed
- 230 km/h
- cruise speed
- 207 km/h
- range
- 2,000 km
- ceiling
- 7,620 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1428709, Wikipedia: Flight Design CT (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.