Gyroflug, formed August 1978 to produce factory-built Speed Canard based on Rutan VariEze, renamed FFT Gesellschaft für Flugzeug- und Faserverbund-Technologie mbH. Acquired by Justus Dornier group 1984 and moved to new factory complex at Mengen 1987-8. In production with manned and unmanned versions of SC 01 Speed Canard, and also took over from FFA development of FFA-2000, renamed FFT Eurotrainer 2000.