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Tomark s.r.o. is a Slovak 
The company is a
aircraft manufacturer
An aerospace manufacturer is a company or individual involved in the various aspects of designing, building, testing, selling, and maintaining aircraft, aircraft parts, missiles, rockets, or spacecraft. Aerospace is a high technology industry.
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based in Prešov
Prešov (, hu, Eperjes, Rusyn language, Rusyn and Ukrainian language, Ukrainian: Пряшів) is a city in Eastern Slovakia. It is the seat of administrative Prešov Region ( sk, Prešovský kraj) and Šariš, as well as the historic Sáros Cou ...
and founded in 1995. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of ready-to-fly ultralight aircraft
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 ...
.Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: ''World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16'', page 84. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12'', page 82. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011.
The company is a Společnost s ručením omezeným
Společnost s ručením omezeným ( lit. ‘company with limited liability’) is the Czech and Slovak legal structure for a private limited company
A private limited company is any type of business entity in "private" ownership used in many ...
(sro), a Slovak private limited company
A private limited company is any type of business entity in "private" ownership used in many jurisdictions, in contrast to a publicly listed company, with some differences from country to country. Examples include the '' LLC'' in the United Sta ...
. It was started as a mechanical engineering company working in such industries as automotive production and has a division, ''TomarkAero'', that produces the aircraft designs.
The company's first design was the Tomark Viper SD4, a low-wing, two-seat aircraft that was first flown on 1 November 2006 and accepted by the American Federal Aviation Administration
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is the largest transportation agency of the U.S. government and regulates all aspects of civil aviation in the country as well as over surrounding international waters. Its powers include air traffic m ...
as an approved special 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 ...
in 2010.
The second design, the Tomark Skyper GT9, is a high-wing, two seat ultralight, designed for flight training
Flight training is a course of study used when learning to pilot an aircraft. The overall purpose of primary and intermediate flight training is the acquisition and honing of basic airmanship skills.
Flight training can be conducted under a str ...
and touring, introduced in 2014. It was designed for the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale
The (; FAI; en, World Air Sports Federation) is the world governing body for air sports, and also stewards definitions regarding human spaceflight. It was founded on 14 October 1905, and is headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland. It maintai ...
microlight rules and US light-sport aircraft rules and complies with the Czech UL2-1 and ELSA as well as German LTF-UL rules.
Aircraft
Summary of aircraft built by Tomark: * Tomark Viper SD4 – introduced 2007 * Tomark Skyper GT9 – introduced 2014References
External links
*{{Official website, http://tomarkaero.com/en/ Aircraft manufacturers of Slovakia Ultralight aircraft Light-sport aircraft Manufacturing companies established in 1995 Slovakian companies established in 1995 Slovak brands