UL-Jih sro, also known as UL-Jih Sedláček Spol s.r.o. and Sedláček UL-JIH, is a
Czech
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aircraft manufacturer
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based in
Kaplice
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, founded by Jaroslav Sedláček in 1990. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of
ultralight aircraft in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft in the European
Fédération Aéronautique Internationale 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 aile ...
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
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 (as it is known in the UK) or a LLC (as it is known in the United States). The commercial nam ...
, 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
Brno, 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,
flight training and repair facility, using both
composite material
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s and traditional aircraft construction techniques. Initial business involved the repair of
hang glider
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s and
ultralight aircraft.
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 co ...
microlight first flew in 2002.
The company also offers flight training at its school at the
Velešín airport.
Aircraft
References
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Aircraft manufacturers of the Czech Republic and Czechoslovakia
Ultralight aircraft
Homebuilt aircraft