Back in the good ol’ days, the Marines used a slogan to attract volunteers. It went something like “The Marines Are Looking For A Few Good Men”. Well, that fits our situation exactly. Flight Sciences is looking for a few good investors/partners to help with the funding/work required to bring the bird (Phoenix), shown in the pretty pictures, to an expanding market.

What is it? Phoenix is a new generation general aviation aircraft intended to give the competition fits.

What's so special about Phoenix? It's been designed to produce significant advances in performance, handling qualities, noise, visibility, ease of entrance and exit (kinda like your car), cabin room, and cockpit ergonomics. Besides all that, it's sexy!

What's the status of the project? We've done a whole lot of homework (including extensive wind tunnel and engine and propeller tests). Basically, we've got some detail design work to do, then construction of the prototype and flight testing, followed by production.

Who are you guys? To get that info in detail, go to our web site, www.flightsciences.net. The whole story on the project is there; but we will tell you this here: The Phoenix Project is being executed by professionals, not amateurs.

Up above, we said that ease of entrance and exit (kinda like your car) was one of the primary goals for Phoenix. Well, this picture shows how we do it. Imagine that you’re walking up to the airplane. You hit your remote, the airplane kneels and the doors open. You get in and hit the remote again. The airplane un-kneels, the doors close and the computer says “Good morning, Hubert, where would you like to go today?” Yup, it’s possible, folks, and that’s where we’re going.

To get the prototype built and flight tested, we still need $130,000 more and that’s why we’re running this ad. We need “A Few MORE Good Men. We’d prefer hearing from airplane people. If you’re an airplane person, (not too faint hearted) and you think you’d like to be involved in something like this, please drop us an e-mail at bstahl@piranha.com or phoenix68@mweb.co.za or give us a call at 805-781-3851. Mr. Brad Stahl (he fabricated a beautiful wind tunnel model) will be happy to fill you in on the details. Remember, you can also take a look at our web site, www.flightsciences.net. There’s a lot more info there (including funding and equity arrangements).

Yours Sincerely,
The Flight Sciences folks

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