Personal Flight Explained

Personal Flight
Type:Privately held company
Fate:Out of business
Defunct:December 2003
Hq Location City:Chelan, Washington
Hq Location Country:United States
Industry:Aerospace
Products:Kit aircraft
Homepage: - former location

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.[1] [2]

The company went out of business at the end of 2003.[3]

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.[1] [2]

Personal Flight also acted as an importer and dealer for La Mouette hang gliders and Cosmos ULM ultralight trikes.[4]

Aircraft

+ align=center style="background:#BFD7FF"Summary of aircraft built by Personal Flight
Model nameFirst flightNumber builtType
Personal Flight Sky-Bikeparamotor
Personal Flight Sky-Bike Trikepowered parachute
Personal Flight Sky-Tenderultralight trike flying boat

External links

Notes and References

  1. Purdy, Don: AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition, pages 341 and 342. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998.
  2. Cliche, Andre: Ultralight Aircraft Shopper's Guide 8th Edition, page C-26. Cybair Limited Publishing, 2001.
  3. Web site: Archives of www.personalflight.com. 13 April 2015. Archive.org. 12 February 2015. May 28, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150528013226/http://www.personalflight.com/. dead.
  4. Web site: Fly, trikes, paraglider, hang glider, Cosmos, ultralight, La Moutte. 13 April 2015. Personal Flight. https://web.archive.org/web/20030320032206/http://www.personalflight.com/ . 20 March 2003.