Skyleader
| File:Skyleader a.s. Logo 2015.png | |
| Company type | Private joint stock company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Aerospace |
| Headquarters | , |
| Products | Microlight aircraft Aerospace manufacturing subcontracting |
| Owner | Private Owner |
| Website | www |
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Skyleader a.s. is a Czech aircraft manufacturer based in Jihlava, Czech Republic. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of the precious ultralight aircraft up to 600kg MTOM (1320lb MTOW) in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft or FBK (Fast Built Kit) in the Letecká amatérská asociace, LAA ČR ultralight, Deutscher Ultraleichtflugverband e.V, DULV ultralight, Dachverband deutscher Luftsportverbände: DAeC ultralight, Fédération française d'ULM, FFPLUM ultralight, The British Microlight Aircraft Association, BMMA microlight
and American light-sport aircraft categories.[1][2]
History
[edit | edit source]The company was formed as a successor to the bankrupt Kappa 77, s.r.o., in March 2005 as Jihlavan Airplanes, s.r.o., named for the town in which it is located. Skyleader owns 100% of Jihlavan Airplanes and operates it as a subsidiary.[3]
The company works with the Institute of Aerospace Engineering at Brno University of Technology on aircraft design, having jointly developed the Kappa 77 KP 2U-SOVA into the Skyleader 100 to 600 series of microlight and light-sport aircraft.[3] The Skyleader GP One was developed as a new high-wing design and introduced at the AERO Friedrichshafen show in 2010.[1][2] Skyleader also does aerospace manufacturing subcontract work and produced the doors for the Airbus A320 airliner.[3]
The Bulgarian company ACS started producing the Skyleader 600 at the state owned TEREM-Letets aircraft factory in Sofia in July 2015 under a licence agreement.[4]
Aircraft
[edit | edit source]| Model name | First flight | Number built | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skyleader 100 | 2011 | Two seat low wing microlight | |
| Skyleader 150 | Two seat low wing microlight | ||
| Skyleader 200 UL | 1996 | Two seat low wing microlight | |
| Skyleader 400 MKIV | 2013 | Two seat low wing microlight | |
| Skyleader 500 LSA | Two seat low wing light-sport aircraft | ||
| Skyleader 600 RG | 2010 | Two seat low wing light-sport aircraft | |
| Skyleader GP One | 2010 | Two seat high wing microlight |
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, pages 76-77. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
- ^ a b Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, pages 80-81. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
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