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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.

Photo: SilverLight Aviation / AeroJones Aviation USA

Lift type

Fixed wing

Assembly

Factory-built

Control

Piloted

Engine type

Piston

Application

Passenger medium, Sport, Ultralight

Final assembly

Zephyrhills Municipal · Eisenach-Kindel ·

Design & construction

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Airframe & structure

Primary structure

Composite

Wing

Composite

Landing gear

Fixed tricycle

Ice protection

None

Pressurisation

Unpressurised

Systems & avionics

Flight controls

Mechanical

Autopilot

2-axis

Avionics architecture

Standalone glass

Configuration & certification

Wing position

High

Planform

Straight

Tail

Conventional

continued

Certification

Experimental-LSA

Minimum crew

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Type variants

Variant	Launch / first flight	Notes
Flight Design CTLS	2008 / 2008	Production: 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 Super	2009 / 2009	Ultralight variant, includes CT Super Club/Sport/Sport Injection/Sport Turbo).
AeroJones AJCT	2017 / 2017	Variant manufactured in China, intially made under license then gained exclusive production certification rights.
AeroJones AJ Sport	2025 /	Redesigned SLSA variant for US market, developed by AeroJones Aviation USA & Taiwan and derived from CTLS.

Airframer

Flight Design GmbH	News
AeroJones Aviation Technology	News	Acquired intellectual property rights for CT Series in 2017.
AeroJones Aviation USA	News	AJ Sport variant.

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