Ivanov Aero sro, sometimes called Ivanov Aircraft, was a Czech

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based in Hradec Králové and founded by Marek Ivanov. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of

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in the form of kits for amateur construction and ready-to-fly aircraft.Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: ''World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16'', page 63. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. The company seems to have been founded about 2008 and gone out of business in 2016. The company was a

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(sro), a Czech

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. Ivanov Aero was formed to develop and produce the

Ivanov ZJ-Viera The Ivanov ZJ-Viera (Faith) is a Czech ultralight and light-sport aircraft that was designed by Marek Ivanov and produced by Ivanov Aero s.r.o. of Hradec Králové. The aircraft was supplied as a kit for amateur construction or complete an ...

, a single seat ultralight aircraft made from

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. Reviewer Marino Boric described the aircraft in a 2015 review, saying, "the dream of ultralighting returns, but with a 21st century feel! Ultralight on the wallet, too, thanks to a combination of simple design and modern all-composite construction...this airplane shows every sign of becoming a landmark design". Another Czech aircraft manufacturer,

InterPlane Aircraft InterPlane Aircraft sro, also called InterPlane Aircraft, Inc., was a Czech aircraft manufacturer based in Zbraslavice and founded in 1992. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of ultralight aircraft in the form of kits for ama ...

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, acted as distributor for the ZJ-Viera, marketing it for the US

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category, as well as the

light-sport aircraft A light-sport aircraft (LSA), or light sport aircraft, is a fairly new category of small, lightweight aircraft that are simple to fly. LSAs tend to be heavier and more sophisticated than ultralight (aka "microlight") aircraft, but LSA restrictio ...

category, before they went out of business in late 2013. Ivanov Aero also provided services for design studies and engineering, documentation, structural testing, prototyping, aircraft maintenance and repairs and production of aircraft and aircraft parts.

Aircraft

Summary of aircraft built by Ivanov Aero: *

(2008)

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External links

Company website archives
on

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Defunct aircraft manufacturers of the Czech Republic and Czechoslovakia Ultralight aircraft Homebuilt aircraft Czech companies established in 2008 Manufacturing companies established in 2008 2016 disestablishments in the Czech Republic Manufacturing companies disestablished in 2016