Personal Flight

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]

Personal Flight
Privately held company
IndustryAerospace
FateOut of business
DefunctDecember 2003
Headquarters
Chelan, Washington
,
United States
ProductsKit aircraft
Websitewww.personalflight.com - former location

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
Summary of aircraft built by Personal Flight
Model name First flight Number built Type
Personal Flight Sky-Bike paramotor
Personal Flight Sky-Bike Trike powered parachute
Personal Flight Sky-Tender ultralight trike flying boat
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References
  1. Purdy, Don: AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition, pages 341 and 342. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998. ISBN 0-9636409-4-1
  2. Cliche, Andre: Ultralight Aircraft Shopper's Guide 8th Edition, page C-26. Cybair Limited Publishing, 2001. ISBN 0-9680628-1-4
  3. Archive.org (12 February 2015). "Archives of www.personalflight.com". Retrieved 13 April 2015.Archive index at the Wayback Machine
  4. Personal Flight. "Fly, trikes, paraglider, hang glider, Cosmos, ultralight, La Moutte". Archived from the original on 20 March 2003. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
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