Airo Aviation FZ-LLC was an
Emirati aircraft manufacturer
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based in the
Ras Al Khaimah Free Trade Zone
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. The company specialized in the manufacture of
ultralight aircraft
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in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft for the European
Fédération Aéronautique Internationale
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microlight
Ultralight aviation (called microlight aviation in some countries) is the flying of lightweight, 1- or 2-seat fixed-wing aircraft. Some countries differentiate between weight-shift control and conventional three-axis control aircraft with aile ...
category.
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The company was incorporated in 2006 to produce sport aircraft in the United Arab Emirates for the European market using German certification. The company used modern
numerical control
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manufacturing machinery
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.
By early 2019 the company website domain was for sale and the company has likely ceased operations.
The AiroAV company produced two designs. The
Airo 1, a licensed development of the Italian
Euro Ala JetFox microlight and the
Airo 5 fibreglass
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two seat light touring aircraft, a licensed version of the
Urban Air Samba. Both aircraft were intended for the US
light-sport aircraft
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market, but as of September 2016 neither appeared on the
Federal Aviation Administration
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's list of approved LSAs.
Aircraft
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{{Airo aircraft
Aircraft manufacturers of the United Arab Emirates
Ultralight aircraft