UL-Jih sro, also known as UL-Jih Sedláček Spol s.r.o. and Sedláček UL-JIH, is a

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based in

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, founded by Jaroslav Sedláček in 1990. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of

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in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft in the European

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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 ailer ...

category.Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12'', pages 48-49. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: ''World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16'', page 50. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. The company is a

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, a Czech private limited company. While UL-Jih designs and builds aircraft, they are marketed by an affiliated company Fascination A.S., which is headed by Dušan Novotný and located in

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, Czech Republic. UL-Jih head Jaroslav Sedláček is listed as head of production for Fascination A.S.

History

Founded by Jaroslav Sedláček in 1990, UL-Jih was conceived as a design, manufacturing,

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and repair facility, using both

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s and traditional aircraft construction techniques. Initial business involved the repair of

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s and

. The first aircraft designed was the simple and inexpensive UL-Jih Kolibřík, designed with Josef Mareš, which sold 36 aircraft. This was followed by the UL-Jih Lišák and production of 41 of the Sunwheel biplanes designed by Wolfgang Dallach. Sedláček's UL-Jih Fascination, a family of two seat,

low wing A monoplane is a fixed-wing aircraft configuration with a single mainplane, in contrast to a biplane or other types of multiplanes, which have multiple planes. A monoplane has inherently the highest efficiency and lowest drag of any wing confi ...

microlights, first flew in 1996 and has been under constant development ever since. The UL-Jih Evolution

high-wing A monoplane is a fixed-wing aircraft configuration with a single mainplane, in contrast to a biplane or other types of multiplanes, which have multiple planes. A monoplane has inherently the highest efficiency and lowest drag of any wing confi ...

microlight first flew in 2002. The company also offers flight training at its school at the

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airport.

Aircraft

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