Thruster Air Services

Thruster Air Services was a British aircraft manufacturer based in Langworth, Lincolnshire. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of ultralight aircraft in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft for the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight category.[1][2]

Thruster Air Services
TypePrivately held company
IndustryAerospace
Foundedmid-1980s
Defunct2021
Headquarters
Langworth, Lincolnshire
,
United Kingdom
ProductsKit aircraft
OwnerStephen Turley and Gerald Cooper
Websitewww.thruster.co.uk
Thruster T600N 450 Sprint

History

The company was formed in Camelford, Cornwall, in the mid-1980s to produce the Thruster TST and the Thruster T300. By the mid-1990s the company was producing the T600 and it continued to be developed over time. In the winter of 2006 the company was sold to Stephen Turley and Gerald Cooper and in the summer of 2007 was moved to Wickenby Aerodrome in Lincolnshire.[3]

As of July 2021 the company is listed as "dormant", the company website domain is for sale and no information is readily available for the status of this company.[4]

Aircraft
Summary of aircraft built by Thruster Air Services
Model name First flight Number built Type
Thruster T600 Sprint mid-1990s Two-seat microlight aircraft
Thruster T300 mid-1980s Two-seat microlight aircraft
Thruster TST mid-1980s Microlight aircraft

References
  1. Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 81. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
  2. Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 84. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. ISSN 1368-485X
  3. Thruster Air Services (2010). "Thruster Microlight Air Services". Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  4. Companies House. "Thruster Air Services LTD - Overview". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk.
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