Direct Fly s.r.o. (sometimes called DirectFly s.r.o.) is a

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currently based in Brno and founded in 2006 in Hluk. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of ultralight aircraft in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft for the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale

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and the American light-sport aircraft categories. The organization is a Czech

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, or private limited company.Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12'', page 40. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485XJackson, Paul (ed): ''Jane's All The World's Aircraft 2012-2013'', p. 179.

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, 2012. Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: ''World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16'', page2 42-43. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. Direct Fly was established in a part of the country noted for its aircraft manufacturing to take advantage of the existing available pool of skilled workers. DirectFlyAlto100

In 2008 the company had seven employees. In 2012

reported the company then had ten employees, plus seven international dealers. By 2017 the company was building just one microlight aircraft design, the two-seat,

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Alto 912TG, the Direct Fly ArGO having gone out of production. The Alto has been accepted by the US

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as a light-sport aircraft. By March 2019 the company had two more designs under development, the low-wing

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and high-wing STOL Cruiser. The company first exhibited in the

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at the Sun 'n Fun in

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, in April 2010. The company has been noted for its short wait times for aircraft ordered. By December 2017 the company had exported at least three aircraft to the U.S. since there were three Altos registered with the US

as light-sport aircraft.

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* {{DirectFly aircraft Aircraft manufacturers of the Czech Republic and Czechoslovakia Ultralight aircraft Homebuilt aircraft Manufacturing companies established in 2006 Czech companies established in 2006