Jeof srl was an Italian aircraft manufacturer based in

Candiana Candiana is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Padua in the Italian region Veneto, located about southwest of Venice and about southeast of Padua. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,468 and an area of .All demographics a ...

. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of

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in the form of kits for amateur construction for the European

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microlight category.Purdy, Don: ''AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition'', page 363. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998. The company was a

Società a responsabilità limitata ''Società a responsabilità limitata'' (S.r.l. or srl) is a kind of legal corporate entity in Italy, which literally means (but is not entirely equal to) limited liability company. It has a similar form to ''società sportiva dilettantistica a ...

( en, limited liability company). The company developed the Jeof Candiana as a testbed for the Sax 86 engine, which is a derivative of the

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Fire four-cylinder four-stroke automotive powerplant. At least ten Candianas were built. The company also produced the Jeof Jeofox.

Aircraft

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{{Reflist Defunct aircraft manufacturers of Italy Ultralight aircraft Homebuilt aircraft