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Flight Design CT

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High wing single piston composite light planes. Available as CTLS (light sport) and CTLE (law enforcement). Includes AeroJones Aviation variants: AJCT & AJ Sport.

Lift type
Fixed wing
Construction
Factory-built
Control
Piloted
Engine type
Piston
Application
Passenger medium, Sport, Ultralight
Final assembly

Design & construction

Primary structure
Composite
Wing
Composite
Landing gear
Fixed tricycle
Ice protection
None
Pressurisation
Unpressurised
Flight controls
Mechanical
Autopilot
2-axis
Avionics architecture
Standalone glass
Environmental control
None-unpressurised
Wing position
High
Planform
Straight
Tail
Conventional
Certification
Experimental-LSA
Minimum crew
1
Composite wing (primary structure) Primary Composite fuselage (primary structure) Primary

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Type variants

VariantLaunch / first flightProduction endNotes
Flight Design CTLS2008 / 2008Production: 1 (2025) GAMA: Flight Design GmbH CT ASTM. LSA EASA-certified variant, includes current variant: CTLS 2020 Sport Edition (CTLS 2020 SE/CTLSi 2020 SE), and Chinese variant: AeroJones CTLS, designated AJCT.
Flight Design CT Super2009 / 2009Ultralight variant, includes CT Super Club/Sport/Sport Injection/Sport Turbo).
AeroJones AJCT2017 / 2017Variant manufactured in China, intially made under license then gained exclusive production certification rights.
AeroJones AJ Sport2025 / Redesigned SLSA variant for US market, developed by AeroJones Aviation USA & Taiwan and derived from CTLS.

Airframer

Flight Design GmbHNews
AeroJones Aviation TechnologyNewsAcquired intellectual property rights for CT Series in 2017.
AeroJones Aviation USANewsAJ Sport variant.

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