Flight Design’s F2 CS-23 is One Step Closer to U.S. Validation

The company says paperwork has been submitted to the FAA to approve its latest EASA-certified LSA.

Meg Godlewski

Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 01:17 PM ET

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The Flight Design F2 CS-23 version was certified by EASA in December. [Courtesy: Flight Design]

Key Takeaways:

EASA has submitted paperwork to the FAA for the validation of Flight Design's F2 CS-23 certified light sport aircraft in the United States, initiating its market introduction.
The F2 CS-23 is a larger, all-composite aircraft featuring advanced safety systems, including an airframe emergency parachute, airbags, and Garmin G3X avionics.
Flight Design USA anticipates the F2 CS-23 will be popular, especially with flight schools looking for affordable new technology trainers, with future plans for an IFR version.
Production of the F2 is gearing up to resume at the factory in the Czech Republic, following a temporary closure earlier this year.

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Flight Design, the Connecticut-based importer of Czech-built F2 CS-23-certified light sport aircraft (LSA), has announced that the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has submitted the paperwork to the FAA for the aircraft to be validated in the United States.

“This is the important first step in bringing the F2 CS-23 to the United States,” said Tom Peghiny, president at Flight Design USA, in a statement. “We expect the certified version of the F2 to be even more popular than the S-LSA version, which was accepted by the FAA in June 2021.”