Direct Fly sro

This article is about the Czech aircraft manufacturer. For the defunct Polish airline, see Direct Fly.
Direct Fly sro
Privately held company
Industry Aerospace
Founded 2006
Headquarters Hluk, Czech Republic
Key people
 Manager: Ivo Lederer
Test pilot: Antonín Chroust
Products Kit aircraft
Number of employees
 10 (2012)
Website www.directfly.cz

Direct Fly sro (sometimes called DirectFly sro) is a Czech aircraft manufacturer based in Hluk and founded in 2006. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of ultralight aircraft in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft for the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight and the American light-sport aircraft categories. The organization is a Czech společnost s ručením omezeným, or private limited company.[1][2]

Direct Fly was established in a part of the country noted for its aircraft manufacturing to take advantage of the existing available pool of skilled workers.[1]

Company management include: Manager Ivo Lederer, Test Pilot Antonín Chroust and Production Manager Zdeněk Nejezchleba. In 2008 the company had seven employees. In 2012 Jane's Information Group reported the company then had ten employees, plus seven international dealers.[2][3]

Direct Fly Alto 100

The company builds two microlight aircraft designs, the two-seat, low-wing Alto and the two-seat, strut-braced, high-wing ArGO, which was added to the line in 2011. The Alto has been accepted by the US Federal Aviation Administration as a light-sport aircraft.[1][2][3][4]

The company first exhibited in the United States at the Sun 'n Fun in Lakeland, Florida, in April 2010.[5] The company has been noted for its short wait times for aircraft ordered.[6]

By January 2015 the company had exported at least two aircraft to the U.S. since there were two Altos registered with the US Federal Aviation Administration as light-sport aircraft.[7]

Aircraft

Summary of aircraft built by Direct Fly sro
Model name First flight Number built Type
Direct Fly Alto 41 Two-seat, low-wing microlight
Direct Fly ArGO Two-seat, high-wing microlight

References

  1. 1 2 3 Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 40. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
  2. 1 2 3 Jackson, Paul (ed): Jane's All The World's Aircraft 2012-2013, p. 179. Jane's Information Group, 2012. ISBN 978 0 7106 30001
  3. 1 2 Direct Fly sro (2009). "About Us". Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "SLSA Make/Model Directory". Federal Aviation Administration. 10 September 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  5. ↑ Sobie, Brendan (23 April 2010). "Sun n' Fun: Light sport makers set sights on Europe". Flightglobal. Washington DC.
  6. ↑ Plane and Pilot magazine (2015). "Direct Fly "Alto"". Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  7. ↑ "Make / Model Inquiry Results". Federal Aviation Administration. 13 January 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
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