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BlackWing Sweden wins important Design Award
 
BlackWing Sweden receives highest distinction in the Red Dot Award: Product Design 2016!
 
Eslöv, March 30th 2016. The BlackWing light aircraft, both available as ultrallight or experimental is one of this year’s outstanding products: The Red Dot jury awarded BlackWing a Red Dot: Best of the Best. Manufacturers and designers from 57 nations had registered about 5,200 products and sent them to the Ruhr area in Germany – BlackWing impressed with highest design quality and makes it one of the leaders in an international comparison.
 
BlackWing has been designed by Founder and CEO Niklas Anderberg. With an extensive aerospace engineering background both at Boeing and Saab Aerospace, Niklas' goal was to change the rules how small aircraft have been developed. Lighter and stronger using the most advanced TeXtreme® carbon fiber prepreg fabrics, the aircraft sets a whole new standard. An even bigger challenge was to design the 'impossible compromise' never achieved so far. The aircraft is aerodynamically clean and fast but at the same time capable of slow flights with best in class stall characteristics. As a family man, safety was always put first. Add one of the roomiest cockpits, aerobatic capabilities, balanced control surfaces for crisp handling, low cut canopy creating unique visibility and you will understand that BlackWing is not just another aircraft. The impossible compromise further includes capability of short and rough landingstrips, strong crosswind handling and a beefed up structure including a safety cell with integrated roll bar. From novice to very experienced pilot, it's the aircraft you always have been looking for. It's actually 3 in 1 aircrafts.
Verena Knaust, German native and living with her family in Sweden is a talented industrial designer responsible for the final design and look and feel of BlackWing. From the ergonomic and modern panel, the spectacular low cut canopy and the minimalistic but very comfortable individual vented seats, Verena has put great effort in every single detail of the aircraft. Together with Niklas they are the design tandem of BlackWing Sweden.
 
The independent expert panel assesses each entry strictly and fairly, live and on site, according to criteria such as degree of innovation, formal quality, functionality and ecological compatibility. The jury awards the highest single distinction “Red Dot: Best of the Best” for ground-breaking design. Only the best entries in a category receive this award.
 
Professor Dr. Peter Zec, founder and president of the Red Dot Award: “With their extraordinary feel for creativity and keen eye for unmatched precision, the Red Dot: Best of the Best laureates deserve this highest recognition. We will honour them at the formal presentation of the Red Dot Trophy on stage in front of 1,200 guests at the Aalto-Theater in Essen on July 4th, 2016.”
See us at AERO Friedrichshafen Hall B3 stand 109 - April 20-23rd 2016
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