InterPlane Aircraft

InterPlane Aircraft sro, also called InterPlane Aircraft, Inc., was a Czech aircraft manufacturer based in Zbraslavice and founded in 1992. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of ultralight aircraft in the form of kits for amateur construction and ready-to-fly aircraft in the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles rules, the European Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight and the American light-sport aircraft categories.[1][2][3]

InterPlane Aircraft sro
TypePrivately held company
IndustryAerospace
Founded1992
Defunctlate 2013
FateOut of business
Headquarters
Zbraslavice
,
Czech Republic
ProductsUltralight aircraft
Websitewww.interplaneaircraft.com - former location
InterPlane Skyboy
InterPlane Skyboy

The company was a Společnost s ručením omezeným (sro), a Czech private limited company, although the company referred to itself as InterPlane Aircraft, Inc..[1][3]

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.[4]

Products

The company's first design, introduced in 1992, was the InterPlane Griffon, a single-seat, strut-braced, high wing kit plane for the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles category. The same year the company introduced the two seats in side-by-side configuration, strut-braced high wing InterPlane Skyboy, which was supplied only as a complete ready to fly aircraft. The Skyboy was accepted as a US light-sport aircraft and in Canada as an Advanced Ultralight Aeroplane.[1][2][3][5][6]

The company also sold the InterPlane ZJ-Viera, a single seat, low wing, lightweight, low cost airplane made predominantly from composites. It was designed by Marek Ivanov, manufactured by Ivanov Aero and fit the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles category. The company incorporated a photo of the aircraft into its logo.[7]

In the late 1990s the company proposed a low-wing metal and composite two seater to be called the InterPlane Starboy, but it appears to have not been flown.[1]

Aircraft
Summary of aircraft built by InterPlane Aircraft
Model name First flight Number built Type
InterPlane Griffon 1992 15 (1998) Single-seat, strut-braced, high wing kit plane
InterPlane Skyboy 1992 100 Two-seat, strut-braced, high wing aircraft
InterPlane ZJ-Viera 2008 Single-seat, low wing ultralight

References
  1. Purdy, Don: AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, pages 181 and 353. BAI Communications. ISBN 0-9636409-4-1
  2. Cliche, Andre: Ultralight Aircraft Shopper's Guide 8th Edition, page B-27 and B-101, Cybair Limited Publishing, 2001. ISBN 0-9680628-1-4
  3. InterPlane Aircraft, Inc. "About InterPlane". Archived from the original on 8 March 2013. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  4. InterPlane Aircraft, Inc. "InterPlane Fore Sale!". Archived from the original on 21 February 2013. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  5. Federal Aviation Administration (10 September 2014). "SLSA Make/Model Directory". Archived from the original on 16 May 2013. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  6. Transport Canada. "Listing of Models Eligible to be Registered as Advanced Ultra-Light Aeroplanes (AULA)". Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  7. InterPlane Aircraft, Inc. "The ZJ-Viera". Archived from the original on 30 March 2013. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
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