Comp Air
{{Short description|American aircraft manufacturer}}
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| founder = Ron Lueck
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| location_city = Titusville, Florida
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| key_people = President: Ron Lueck
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Comp Air Inc, formerly known as Aerocomp Inc, is an aircraft manufacturer based in Merritt Island, Florida, owned by Ron Lueck.Purdy, Don: AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, pages 97-100. BAI Communications, 1998. {{ISBN|0-9636409-4-1}}Downey, Julia: 2008 Kit Aircraft Directory, Kitplanes, Volume 24, Number 12, December 2007, pages 46-47. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, pages 92. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. {{ISSN|1368-485X}}
The firm originally manufactured floats for seaplanes, using composite materials. It later branched out into aircraft, marketing them in kit form for homebuilding. It now offers 3-10 place kit aircraft, with the latest developments being in the experimental Jet market. In 2004, the company test-flew its most ambitious project, a homebuilt jet aircraft, the Aerocomp Comp Air Jet.
A wholly owned subsidiary, with partner Patrick Farrell, Forward.Vision, manufactures Infra-red viewing systems for aviation use.{{cite web|url= https://www.avweb.com/briefs/flir-certification-sought/|title= FLIR Certification Sought|access-date= May 10, 2022|author= Editorial Staff|work= AVweb|date= April 12, 2005|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220510115439/https://www.avweb.com/briefs/flir-certification-sought/|archive-date= May 10, 2022|url-status= live}}
List of Aircraft
- Aerocomp Merlin (1987) Single-engine two-seat high-wing ultralight aircraft. Built by Blue Yonder Aviation of Indus, Alberta and marketed by Comp Air as kit homebuilt (discontinued)
- Aerocomp EZ Flyer (1997) Single-engine two-seat high-wing ultralight aircraft. Built by Blue Yonder Aviation of Indus, Alberta and marketed by Comp Air as kit homebuilt (discontinued)
- Comp Air 3 (2002) Single-engine high-wing aircraft. Development of Comp Air 4. Marketed as kit homebuilt (discontinued)
- Comp Air 4 Single-engine four-seat civil utility aircraft. Marketed as kit homebuilt.
- Comp Air 6 Single-engine six-seat high-wing civil utility aircraft. Marketed as kit homebuilt.
- Comp Air 7 Single-engine seven-seat high-wing turboprop engine aircraft. Marketed as kit homebuilt.
- Comp Air 8 Single-engine eight-seat high-wing turboprop engine aircraft (stretch version of Comp Air 7). Marketed as kit homebuilt.
- Comp Air 9 (2008) Single-engine six-seat high-wing turboprop engine aircraft. Marketed as kit homebuilt, but the company intends to produce a certificated version.{{cite web|url = http://www.aerocompinc.com/airplanes/ca9.htm|title = Comp Air 9|accessdate = 2008-12-28|last = Comp Air|authorlink = |year = 2006}}
- Comp Air 10 Single-engine ten-seat high-wing turboprop engine aircraft (larger version of Comp Air 8). Marketed as kit homebuilt.
- Comp Air 11 (2009) Single-engine six-seat low-wing turboprop engine aircraft. Marketed as kit homebuilt, but the company intends to produce a certificated version.{{cite web|url = http://www.aerocompinc.com/airplanes/ca11.htm|title = Comp Air 11|accessdate = 2008-12-28|last = Comp Air|authorlink = |year = 2006}}
- Comp Air 12 (2007) Single-engine low-wing turboprop engine, tricycle undercarriage. Type certification being pursued; factory-built
- Comp Air Jet (2004) Single turbofan jet engine, eight-seat low-wing aircraft with tricycle undercarriage. Marketed as kit homebuilt.
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External links
{{commons category|Comp Air}}
- {{Official website|http://www.compairaviation.com/}}
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