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Company has expanded its aviation interests from flex-wings to three-axis ultralights. Current products include the B612 single-seat ultralight and FM 250 Vampire.
Formed in 1991, FMP produces a range of light engineering items including valves and connectors and has a workforce of 200. In 2004, it took over production of the Qualt…
V. Hodek (not nationalized), produced HK-101 high-speed 2-seater (2 x Walter Minor), flown September 1947.
INTERPLANE spol s.r.o. Interplane was created as an ultralight manufacturer in 1992; design and product development is by Gryf Development company at Hodonim. Earlier variations between versions led the company…
JIHLAVAN AIRPLANES S.R.O. Founded in 1952. Jihlavan a.s. has produced components for most of the major aircraft manufacturing programmes undertaken since then in the former Czechoslovakia. Other branches of the…
KAPPA 77 a.s. Kappa established 1991, initially for machine manufacture; founders previously employed by Aero. Design of KP-2U began 1994; Kappa 77 a.s. created as subsidiary in June 1997; Sova…
KLN’s VL-3 originated in design offices of Vanessa Air s.r.o at Litomyšl, a company managed by Ing Miroslav Kábrt and Petr Kábrt which has produced some 12 previous light aircraft…
BALÓNY KUBÍČEK spol s.r.o. (Kubicek Balloons Ltd) First Kubíček hot-air balloon was manufactured in 1983 and was followed by about 50 more of Kubíček design by various state-owned copmpanies such…
Design office and factory 'Let' established Kunovice 1950, taking over programmes of Ceskoslovenske Zavody Automobilove A Letecke, initially to produce C-11 (Yak-11), and later L-40 Meta-Sokol, M1 Sokol, M2 Skaut,…
LET-MONT s.r.o. The company's Tulák and Piper ultralights, together with a development of more streamlined appearance, are marketed in western Europe by Austrian aircraft manufacturer, HB Flugtechnik. Tomáš Podešva also…
Previously part of Austria-Hungary, Czechoslovakia started aircraft industry by forming Military Air Arsenal, also called Central Aircraft Works, Prague-Letnany, 1919, appointing Alois Šmolík designer. Became Vojenská továrna na létadla Letov…
Engineer J. Lonek designed Bata monoplane, formed company at Ostrokovice and built L.8 3-seat cabin monoplane (60-hp Walter radial) 1934.
LETECKÉ ZÁVODY a.s. (LZ Aeronautical Industries Inc) Letecke Zavody (formerly Let AS, Kunovice) was established in 1936 as a repair shop for Ba33, B-534, Junkers W34 and Arado Ar96B aircraft.…
Despite German occupation Czech Milos Mieik built Mimi-2-SS sport aircraft (7 August 1944); destroyed when Mieik joined partisans.
Morava Zlin Aero Service set up in 1999 to market the Russo Savage ultralight. Later company changed name to Zlin Aviation s.r.o.
Zlin company was renamed 1949 Moravan Národni Podnik (Moravian Aircraft National Corporation). For details see Zlin.
Moravko-Slezká Vazovká Tatra formed 1935 as subsidiary of Ringhoffer-Tatra automotive/rail conglomerate. Built biplane trainers: Avro 626 and Bücker Jungmann, followed by 700-hp Tatra T.126 of own design. First original design…
During Second World War Chocen factory of former Benes-Mraz built Fi 156 Storch and training gliders, and also prototype M.1C Sokol. Management reconstituted 1946 as Automobilove Zavody Mraz, with glider-making…
NA DESIGN COMPANY INC NA Design was created in third quarter of 1999, in cooperation with Moravan Aeroplanes Inc. Development of the (formerly UNIS) Bongo continued into early 2002, at…
TOMÁŠ PODEŠVA Tomáš Podešva is responsible for the design of the UL Tulák and UL Piper ultralights, previously detailed under Let-Mont. The company builds and distributes a wide range of…
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