Distar Air is a
Czech aircraft manufacturer
An aerospace manufacturer is a company or individual involved in the various aspects of designing, building, testing, selling, and maintaining aircraft, aircraft parts, missiles, rockets, or spacecraft. Aerospace is a high technology industry.
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based in
Ústí nad Orlicí. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of
light aircraft in the form of kits for
amateur construction as well as ready-to-fly aircraft.
[Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12'', pages 41 and 135. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X]
Distar Air was formed to continue the production of
Urban Air
Urban Air was an aircraft manufacturer based in the Czech Republic.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 166. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster OK, 2003.
The company was a manufacturer of light sport an ...
designs, including the
Distar Samba XXL touring aircraft and the
Distar UFM-13 Lambada motorglider.
The company is owned by
Společnost DISTAR CZ a.s., a diversified manufacturing concern that also produces machinery, engines and stone quarrying.
Distar Air has licensed production of the Samba to
Airo Aviation
Airo Aviation FZ-LLC was an Emirati aircraft manufacturer based in the Ras Al Khaimah Free Trade Zone. The company specialized in the manufacture of ultralight aircraft in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft for the European Fédération Aérona ...
in
Dubai
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who produce the aircraft as the Airo 5.
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Aircraft manufacturers of the Czech Republic and Czechoslovakia
Ultralight aircraft
Homebuilt aircraft