Czech Sport Aircraft

Czech Sport Aircraft
Industry Aerospace
Founded 1934
Headquarters Kunovice, Czech Republic
Products Kit aircraft
Website www.czechsportaircraft.com

Czech Sport Aircraft, s.a. (formerly Czech Aircraft Works) is an aircraft manufacturer based in the Czech Republic.[1]

In 2011 the company's aircraft line included the amphibious Mermaid, the SportCruiser and the streamlined Parrot, but by 2012 only the SportCruiser and PS-28 Cruiser were shown on the company website.[1][2]

CZAW manufactured Zenair's Zenith STOL CH701 aircraft under license until the agreement was concluded in December 2006.[3]

History

The company was founded in 1934 as a small workshop in Kunovice, Czechoslovakia for manufacturing gliders. It was absorbed into Avia in 1936. That company had its facilities confiscated by the Luftwaffe after the German invasion of 1938 and was used as a repair and overhaul facility for Junkers and Arado aircraft.[1]

After the Second World War the company was re-established and manufactured many different aircraft types, including the Let L-200 Morava, Zlín Z 37, and Aero L-29 Delfín. After 1968 the company became part of LET Aircraft, who produced the LET L-13 Blaník glider.[1]

Today the company has two facilities, the main plant in Kunovice and Way Industry Inc in Slovakia.[1]

In 2009 the Regional Court in Brno, Czech Republic declared the company bankrupt.[4]

In January 2010, the company's SportCruiser aircraft was added to the Piper Aircraft line as the PiperSport under a licensing agreement. The stated plan was that CSA would still produce the aircraft and Piper would market it worldwide, as well as supply parts to customers.[5] In January 2011, the licensing agreement with Piper was abruptly ended with Piper CEO Geoffrey Berger saying "the company has a different business perspective and approach to the market than Czech Sport Aircraft". The PiperSport distributors then formed a dealer association to ensure the continued sales of the SportCruiser and support of both the SportCruiser and PiperSport in the US.[6][7]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Czech Sport Aircraft (2009). "About us - Czech Sport Aircraft Team". Retrieved 2009-09-30.
  2. ↑ Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, pages 38-39. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
  3. ↑ Zenair Ltd and Czech Aircraft Works Terminate License Agreement.
  4. ↑ Sport Aviation: 21. March 2009. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ↑ Niles, Russ (January 2010). "Piper Unveils PiperSport LSA". Retrieved 2010-01-21.
  6. ↑ Niles, Russ (January 2011). "Piper Terminates PiperSport Relationship". AvWeb. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
  7. ↑ Piper Aircraft (January 2011). "Piper to Terminate PiperSport Distibutor Business Relationship". Retrieved 12 January 2011.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Czech Sport Aircraft.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Tuesday, December 01, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.