HB-Flugtechnik GmbH (originally HB-Aircraft Industries Luftfahrtzeug) is an
Austrian
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aircraft manufacturer
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established in the early 1970s by
Heino Brditschka to produce
light aircraft
A light aircraft is an aircraft that has a maximum gross takeoff weight of or less.Crane, Dale: ''Dictionary of Aeronautical Terms, third edition'', page 308. Aviation Supplies & Academics, 1997.
Light aircraft are used as utility aircraft co ...
of his own design, originally the
HB-21 motorglider
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[Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: ''World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16'', page 60. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. ]
The company started in
flight training and light
aircraft maintenance
Aircraft maintenance is the performance of tasks required to ensure the continuing airworthiness of an aircraft or aircraft part, including overhaul, inspection, replacement, defect rectification, and the embodiment of modifications, compliance ...
and then building light aircraft. From there it progressed to building
microlights
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, with the introduction of the
HB-Flugtechnik HB-208 Amigo.
Products
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HB-Flugtechnik HB-202
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HB-Flugtechnik HB-207 Alfa
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HB-Flugtechnik HB-208 Amigo
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HB-Flugtechnik HB-400
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HB-Flugtechnik Cubby
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HB-Flugtechnik Dandy
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HB-Flugtechnik Tornado
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HB-Flugtechnik HB 21
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HB-Flugtechnik HB 23/2400
References
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External links
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{{HB-Flugtechnik aircraft
Aircraft manufacturers of Austria