News
Swanflight gets a late gold
Its been several months since the end of the London Olympic & Paralympic Games, and yet we are still manufacturing cases associated with the games.
Innovative Sports are the Official London 2012 Auctioneer. They recently contacted swanflight.com to build 40 off bespoke cases for transporting and presenting officially autographed olympic torches used in the London 2012 Torch Relay around the UK.
Cases are being shipped worlwide to winning bidders some of the torches being sold for thousands of pounds.
Pioneer Pro DJ are at it again
After the release of the XDJ-Aero we thought would be it for the new release from Pioneer Pro DJ for this year. Then they go and release the DDJ-SX. Obviously we have cases now ready off the shelf for this unit available with and without the sliding laptop shelf
DDJ SX case with sliding laptop shelf
And many thanks go out to Keith & the team from Knight Sound & Light in London for the loan of a DDJ SX when UK stock was so short, to ensure the cases were built just right
Box of Grey No.1 in GQ list
Cases supplied by both Swanflight.com & our sister company Equinelockers.com, filled with fun and desire by Box of Grey have taken the Number 1 position in the "100 best things in the world right now" list in the latest edition of GQ Magazine.
Another new colour added to the range
The range of finishes and colours just keeps on growing. Olive Green is now available as standard on all cases manufactured from 7mm thick laminates.
Cases manufactured from 10mm laminates are currently only available in Hexagrip or Stucco although can be built specially to order in 1of the other colours if required.
For more information email our sales team on info@swanflight.com
Pioneer Pro DJ Do It Again
Yes once again Pioneer Pro DJ takes the DJing industry that step further into the future with the new XDJ-Aero, with its fully built in wireless network.
Obviously such an advanced piece of kit will require a well built case to ensure it doesn't get damaged whilst transporting it to gigs, and as always we are on the ball with a brand new flightcase designed specifically for the XDJ-Aero
New case for the Behringer X32
As always at Swanflight, we strive to ensure that when new equipment arrives on the scene we have cases ready for the road. New cases for the long awaited Behringer X32 *now available*
Swanflight Supplies Box Of Grey
"The ultimate way to play" all the ingredients for romantic and exciting days and nights, now supplied in a bespoke flightcase designed and built by Swanflight.com
Swanflight Goes ORANGE
Picture the scene, your road crew turn up at a large event. There is a sea of flightcases all shapes and sizes, which cases were yours. From now on this won't be a problem with cases supplied to you by Swanflight. From 13th June we have changed all our castors from the industry standard 100mm blue non marking rubber castors to our own specification new 100mm ORANGE non marking rubber castors.
New Keyboards from Roland
Just released are the specifications from 2 new keyboards from Roland, the Jupiter-50 and the BK-5 OR both due to be released in June 2012. As always we like to be on the ball and we now have cases for both of these models
Pedal Board Range Expanded
The range of Single Level Guitar Pedal Board cases has just grown. With another 3 sizes added to the range.
Now available in 4 different footprint sizes and 17 different colours/finishes
Size1 383mm x 383mm
Size2 583mm x 383mm
Size3 783mm x 383mm
Size4 983mm x 383mm
More New Colours
As we strive to give the widest selection of cases available online, we are constantly updating the range and colour choices available. Our newest colour has just arrived PINK has just arrived and is now available to order on all cases manufactured from 6.5mm laminates.
Our full Range of 6.5mm laminates are now available in the following finishes/colours
Hexagrip – black
Stucco – hammered aluminium (silver)
Rigid PVC – black, blue, midnight blue, brown, burgundy, grey, pink, red, yellow, white
Carbon Fibre effect
Flightpanel – black, blue, red (flightpanel reduces the weight of the case by 20%)
These are our off the shelf colours, although if you require a colour that isnt listed please feel free to drop us a line as there are dozens of different colours/finishes available.
New Products Update
As NAMM has just finished and all the major players have released all their new products. Its time for us to pull all the specs together on them and design up some lovely new cases for all this new kit.
First on our list was the new Boss GT100. If this is going to be as popular as the the GT10-8-6, we thought we had better be on the ball and get this case sorted before they release it.
Here it is, the new Boss GT100 Flightcase
Keep checking back as the specs are released we will get designs done for as many of the new products released at NAMM as possible
Numark N4 flightcases
Now Ready for shipping
As you know, we at swanflight never rest to ensure that cases are ready for the newest pieces of kit available. With our very own butterfly door design, we now have designs and flightcases for the latest Numark N4 DJ controller.
Click HERE to be directed straight to the Numark N4 flightcase
We are getting faster
As of this morning 12th January, Swanflight has moved over to a new dedicated server (the old 1 was struggling a bit with its work load). This should drastically speed up our website and make browsing and purchasing even smoother. Thanks to all the team at Design 365 for their efforts in creating a smooth switchover
Pepper Pedal Boards Arrive @ Swanflight
Just in the brand new range of Pepper Pedal boards, with 6 different colours, stripes & pinstripes to choose from you can be certain your Pepper pedal board will be 1 off a kind
Congratulations Neil & Julie
Neil Wharton a valued member of the swanflight team has now become a proud father
Julie gave birth on November 17th at 2pm to a bouncing baby girl, which the proud parents have named Jennie
Yet more colours to choose from
Just to give you even more choice, our range of colours expands even further. Adding Grey & Brown into the mix, giving you an even wider selction to choose from.
New Products From Roland & Boss
Due to be released very soon are the new Roland SPD-SX and the Boss RC-300 Loopstation pedal board.
As normal we at Swanflight.com never sit back waiting for customers coming to us to design and build cases. If new equipment is being released then you need a case to transport it around in from the moment you get it.
Now ready to ship flightcases for both the new Roland SPD-SX and the Boss RC-300
New Facebook webstore.
We know how many people love to use their facebook, and with facebook having more hits now each day than google. We thought why not give our customers the facility to browse our range of products whilst they are on facebook. Hey presto now you can. Just launched our new Swanflight Facebook Website although there are only a few of our thousands of products listed at present. Keep your eye on it as over the next few weeks we build a comprehensive data base of some of our best loved cases on Facebook
Updated 4ft x 2ft x 2ft Road Trunks
The 4ft x 2ft x 2ft road trunks have just a major revamp. Now available with a host of additional options, The cases can now be supplied with either 3 or 9 600mm x 400mm x 200mm euroboxes, moveable partitions, label dish for PAL touring labels and stacking castor dishes so the trunks can be stacked on top of each other. As well as the original options for 4 or 8 handles and foam lining if required. Starting at just £175.00 for a true touring grade roadtrunk. Take a look at the new spec here
New Designs and cases
We strive to keep on coming up with new and inventive designs and cases. We have just launched our brand new wardrobe, euro container 4 drawer and pick n pluck flightcases. All to be found in the new "Miscellaneous Transport Cases" section in the main left hand navigation. Or directly by following the links below
Keep an eye out for our new road trunks with movable dividers/ storage trays and lots more coming soon !!
New Flightcase for the newly realeased Numark NS6
We have been waiting for this 1 for a while now.
Released yesterday the NS6 from Numark and we are pleased to announce we already have cases for this unit. We will popping along to our local DJ shop, Phase One DJ Store to take some pictures of the unit inside of the case. Many thanks to Mike and his team as always.
The range of colours just keeps growing
After the successful introduction of the latest Orange - Rigid PVC finish, we are pleased to annouce 2 more additions to our range of 6.5mm Rigid PVC finishes,
Now available in Rigid PVC are WHITE & MIDNIGHT BLUE
And more colours are set to follow soon.
Flightcases for the Novation Twitch
As always we at Swanflight.com try to keep up with the ever changing world and latest products being released
Now in stock 2 Brand new cases designed specifically and built in time for the launch of the groundbreaking Novation Twitch DJ Controller.Check out the new cases buy using the links below
Novation Twitch Transport case
New range of flightcase finishes
We constantly strive to bring you the best quality and most upto date cases. After some research we have finally managed to source a Carbon Fibre Effect PVC finish for our range of flightcases. Only available on cases with a 7mm laminate at present.
In addition to this we have also expanded the colour ranges of our flightpanel range to now include Red Flightpanel and the Rigid PVC range to include Orange.
New iPad & ipad 2 flightcases
The brand new range of cases to transport your valuable iPads. As always thes cases are UK built at our own factory here in the UK, and include space to transport your iPad power supply and associated accessories. iPad cases
New DJ Midi Controllers Update
After the initial arrival of the double width butterfly doors and prouction of the new range of cases, came the next logical step to add a sliding tray for laptops for the working Laptop DJ's. Utilising the already well established PCDJ shelf and sliders which lock in the out position. New side brackets were designed for the controller cases and within a week they had been manufactured and delivered to us a Swanflight.com (Many thanks to Rihad and the team) from Penn Elcom for the speedy turnaround. Check out the versions of the DJ Controllers Cases now available with and without the sliding laptop tray.
New DJ Midi Controllers
With the arrival of the new double width Butterfly door, heralded the build and release of a brand new range of cases for the Midi controlled PC-DJ products on the market. Check out the new range DJ Controllers Cases
Specially built for models such as the Traktor S4, Numark Mixtrack Pro, Pioneer DDJ-T1 & DDJ-S1 as well as many other models
Flightcase Hardware & Flightcase Fittings
Since the new site launched we have constantly been expanding the range of products available. Over the last couple of weeks we have been working on expanding the range of flightcase fittings and hardware. We are not finished yet.
We currently have about 60% of the product range from Penn Elcom on the site. We are working on expanding the rangeso that all the fittings you require are available on line.
In the mean time if you cant find the products you require please drop us a line @ Swanflight.com
Diesel Display Cases expand
Diesel Clothing approached Swanflight.com for an innnovative idea of using our standard range of flight cases for displaying there products instore. Utilising cases such as the CD200 for displaying ties and belts, Road trunks and russian doll cases for everything from Briefs through to bags. The whole concept worked very well and shipping today is the second batch of cases built for the same purposes.
New Russian Dolls
After the sucesss of our first range of Russian Doll cases, we have re-evaluated and resized. The range is now even more flexible and also has the facility to have a 10mm foam lining fitted to each case. Check out the new range http://www.swanflight.com/trunks/budget-trunks-lead-boxes.html
