Czech Sport Aircraft, a.s. (successor of Czech Aircraft Works) is an aircraft manufacturer based in the
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the south ...
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Czech Sport Aircraft company formally entered the market in 2009.
In 2011 the company's aircraft line included the
amphibious Mermaid
In folklore, a mermaid is an aquatic creature with the head and upper body of a female human and the tail of a fish. Mermaids appear in the folklore of many cultures worldwide, including Europe, Latin America, Asia, and Africa.
Mermaids are ...
, the
SportCruiser and the streamlined
Parrot
Parrots (Psittaciformes), also known as psittacines (), are birds with a strong curved beak, upright stance, and clawed feet. They are classified in four families that contain roughly 410 species in 101 genus (biology), genera, found mostly in ...
,
[Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12'', pages 38-39. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X] but from 2012 only the SportCruiser and PS-28 Cruiser have been produced. In June 2017 produced its 600th aircraft.
CZAW manufactured
Zenair's
Zenith STOL CH701 aircraft under license until the agreement was concluded in December 2006.
History
In 2009 the Regional Court in Brno, Czech Republic declared the CZAW company bankrupt. The successor company entered the market at the same year under the name Czech Sport Aircraft.
In January 2010, the company's SportCruiser aircraft was added to the
Piper Aircraft
Piper Aircraft, Inc. is a manufacturer of general aviation aircraft, located at the Vero Beach Regional Airport in Vero Beach, Florida, United States and owned since 2009 by the Government of Brunei. Throughout much of the mid-to-late 20th cent ...
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.
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.
In 2016 the SportCruiser was the best seller aircraft in SLSA category in USA.
Aircraft
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Mermaid
In folklore, a mermaid is an aquatic creature with the head and upper body of a female human and the tail of a fish. Mermaids appear in the folklore of many cultures worldwide, including Europe, Latin America, Asia, and Africa.
Mermaids are ...
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Parrot
Parrots (Psittaciformes), also known as psittacines (), are birds with a strong curved beak, upright stance, and clawed feet. They are classified in four families that contain roughly 410 species in 101 genus (biology), genera, found mostly in ...
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PS-10 Tourer
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PS-28 Cruiser
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PS-38 Tourer
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SportCruiser
See also
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Light aircraft manufacturers in the Czech Republic Czechoslovakia had a significant history in producing aircraft, but the aeronautical industry was extremely influenced by several negative factors at the end of the 1980s. The collapse of the East European market, combined with the global recession ...
References
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{{Czech Sport Aircraft
Aircraft manufacturers of the Czech Republic and Czechoslovakia
Czech brands
Czech companies established in 2009
Manufacturing companies established in 2009