Fly Synthesis S.r.l is an Italian
aircraft manufacturer
An aerospace manufacturer is a company or individual involved in the various aspects of designing, building, testing, selling, and maintaining aircraft, aircraft parts, missiles, rockets, or spacecraft. Aerospace is a high technology industry.
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based in
Mortegliano
Mortegliano ( fur, Mortean) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 60 km northwest of Trieste and about 14 km southwest of Udine.
Mortegliano borders the following municipalities: Bic ...
. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of
carbon fibre ultralight aircraft
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 ailer ...
.
[Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12'', page 52-53. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X][Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: ''World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16'', pages 54-55. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. ]
Founded in the late 1980s in
Gonars
Gonars ( fur, Gonârs) is a town and ''comune'' near Palmanova in Friuli, northeastern Italy.
History
World War II
On 23 February 1942, the fascist regime established a concentration camp in the town, mostly for prisoners from present-day Slo ...
, the company produced its first aircraft, the
Storch in 1990. The company was sold to new owners, headed by Sonia Felice, in 2000. In 2006 the company moved to its present location, a facility at the old military base in Mortegliano.
Aircraft
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Aircraft manufacturers of Italy
Italian companies established in 2000
Mortegliano