The Comp Air 7 is an American piston or

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-powered light civil utility aircraft manufactured in kit form by

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. It is configured as a conventional high-wing monoplane with

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.Vandermeullen, Richard: ''2011 Kit Aircraft Buyer's Guide'', Kitplanes, Volume 28, Number 12, December 2011, page 49. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851 The company website does not list it as being in production in 2022.

Operational history

By the fall of 2007 70 Comp Air 7s and 25 Comp Air 7SLs had been completed and were flying.

Variants

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of 660 shp

Specifications (typical Comp Air 7SLX)

References

External links

Official website archives
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