InterPlane Aircraft sro, also called InterPlane Aircraft, Inc., was a

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based in

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and founded in 1992. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of

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in the form of kits for amateur construction and ready-to-fly aircraft in the US

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rules, the European

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microlight 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 aile ...

and the American

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categories.Purdy, Don: ''AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook'', pages 181 and 353. BAI Communications. Cliche, Andre: ''Ultralight Aircraft Shopper's Guide'' 8th Edition, page B-27 and B-101, Cybair Limited Publishing, 2001. The company was a

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(sro), a Czech

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, although the company referred to itself as ''InterPlane Aircraft, Inc.''. In 2013 the company announced that it was seeking a buyer for the business and its hangar and facilities. By the end of that year the company seems to have gone out of business.

Products

The company's first design, introduced in 1992, was the InterPlane Griffon, a single-seat,

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for the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles category. The same year the company introduced the two seats in

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, strut-braced high wing

InterPlane Skyboy The InterPlane Skyboy is a two-seat, side-by-side, high wing, single engine, pusher configuration ultralight aircraft that was manufactured as a completed aircraft by InterPlane Aircraft of Zbraslavice, Czech Republic. Design and development ...

, which was supplied only as a complete ready to fly aircraft. The Skyboy was accepted as a US

and in

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as an Advanced Ultralight Aeroplane. The company also sold the

InterPlane ZJ-Viera The Ivanov ZJ-Viera (Faith) is a Czech ultralight and light-sport aircraft that was designed by Marek Ivanov and produced by Ivanov Aero s.r.o. of Hradec Králové. The aircraft was supplied as a kit for amateur construction or complete an ...

, a single seat,

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, lightweight, low cost airplane made predominantly from composites. It was designed by Marek Ivanov, manufactured by

Ivanov Aero Ivanov Aero sro, sometimes called Ivanov Aircraft, was a Czech aircraft manufacturer based in Hradec Králové and founded by Marek Ivanov. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of ultralight aircraft in the form of kits for ...

and fit the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles category. The company incorporated a photo of the aircraft into its logo. In the late 1990s the company proposed a

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metal and composite two seater to be called the

InterPlane Starboy The InterPlane Starboy was a proposed Czech homebuilt aircraft designed by InterPlane Aircraft of Zbraslavice. The aircraft was intended to be supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft or as a kit for amateur construction, but none seem to h ...

, but it appears to have not been flown.

Aircraft

References

External links

* - former location
Company website archives
on

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{{InterPlane Aircraft Defunct aircraft manufacturers of the Czech Republic and Czechoslovakia Ultralight aircraft Homebuilt aircraft Manufacturing companies established in 1992 1992 establishments in Czechoslovakia Manufacturing companies disestablished in 2013 2013 disestablishments in the Czech Republic