Czech Sport Aircraft, a.s. (successor of Czech Aircraft Works) is an aircraft manufacturer based in the
Czech Republic
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Czech Sport Aircraft company formally entered the market in 2009.
In 2011 the company's aircraft line included the
amphibious Mermaid
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, the
SportCruiser and the streamlined
Parrot
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[Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12'', pages 38-39. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X] but from 2012 only the SportCruiser and PS-28 Cruiser have been produced. In June 2017 produced its 600th aircraft.
CZAW manufactured
Zenair
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History
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's
Zenith STOL CH701
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aircraft under license until the agreement was concluded in December 2006.
History
In 2009 the Regional Court in Brno, Czech Republic declared the CZAW company bankrupt. The successor company entered the market at the same year under the name Czech Sport Aircraft.
In January 2010, the company's SportCruiser aircraft was added to the
Piper Aircraft line as the
PiperSport under a licensing agreement. The stated plan was that CSA would still produce the aircraft and Piper would market it worldwide, as well as supply parts to customers.
In January 2011, the licensing agreement with Piper was abruptly ended with Piper CEO Geoffrey Berger saying "the company has a different business perspective and approach to the market than Czech Sport Aircraft". The PiperSport distributors then formed a dealer association to ensure the continued sales of the SportCruiser and support of both the SportCruiser and PiperSport in the US.
In 2016 the SportCruiser was the best seller aircraft in SLSA category in USA.
Aircraft
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Mermaid
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Mermaids are sometimes ass ...
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Parrot
Parrots, also known as psittacines (), are birds of the roughly 398 species in 92 genera comprising the order Psittaciformes (), found mostly in tropical and subtropical regions. The order is subdivided into three superfamilies: the Psittacoide ...
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PS-10 Tourer
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PS-28 Cruiser
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PS-38 Tourer
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SportCruiser
See also
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Light aircraft manufacturers in the Czech Republic
References
External links
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{{Czech Sport Aircraft
Aircraft manufacturers of the Czech Republic and Czechoslovakia
Czech brands