Flight Aviator Baritone Mango

A New Flight "Classic": The Aviator, the Modern Touch in the Range

With the Aviator Baritone, Flight offers a more modern and assertive take on the baritone ukulele: an immediately recognizable shape, designed to stand out on stage as well as at home, while retaining the essentials for demanding musicians. This series positions itself as a premium and expressive offering within the Flight range, focusing on solid woods, refined aesthetic details, and very current playing ergonomics.

For Which Musicians and Styles?

This baritone ukulele is aimed at motivated beginners who want an inspiring instrument from the first weeks, as well as intermediate and advanced players seeking a baritone with a strong character. Thanks to its longer scale length and naturally lower register, it excels in strumming accompaniment as well as fingerpicking, offering a feel close to a small guitar tuned to baritone.

In terms of styles, the Aviator Baritone is comfortable in pop, folk, indie, chill, and anything that requires roundness and sustain. It is also perfect for guitarists looking for a more compact instrument while retaining familiar harmonic landmarks (often tuned to D G B E).

Warm, Clear Tone with Sustain: The Contribution of Solid Mango and Okoumé

The solid mango top provides a warm tonal signature, with lively upper mids and excellent attack definition. This wood promotes immediate musicality, ideal for highlighting playing nuances: open chords, arpeggios, rhythmic accents... everything remains clear and balanced.

The solid okoumé back and sides enhance projection and overall resonance, delivering a homogeneous response across the baritone's entire range. The result: a full sound, good clarity, and especially a very pleasant sustain that enhances held notes and rich voicings. The mango/okoumé combination gives a sense of "body" in the low end without losing the articulation needed for precise playing.

Playing comfort is supported by a rosewood fingerboard, appreciated for its smooth feel under the fingers, and an okoumé neck that contributes to the instrument's balance. The choice of bone nut and saddle optimizes vibration transmission: more attack, better note sustain, and more stable intonation, particularly valuable on a baritone.

Recommended Compatible Accessories

To get the best out of this format, prioritize a baritone ukulele string set suited to the D G B E tuning (tension and lengths designed for this scale length). If you live in a dry environment, an instrument humidifier is also a relevant choice to preserve the stability of the solid woods (top, back, and sides) over time.

Technical specifications

Format	baritone	Scale length	20.08" / 510 mm
Body shape	Flight Aviator custom design and shape	Nut width	1.50" / 38 mm
Number of frets	19	Nut and saddle	bone
Top	solid mango	Position markers	3rd, 5th, 7th, 10th, 12th, and 15th frets
Back and sides	solid okoumé	Markers	offset "blue dot"
Binding	black	Tuners	Flight custom, black and gold
Color	Natural	Strings	Aquila B Black + 2x Custom wound
Neck	okoumé	Case	Flight Deluxe Gig Bag included
Fingerboard	rosewood	Premium features	solid mango top, solid okoumé back and sides, Flight Aviator design, custom black and gold tuners, offset "blue dot" markers, black binding