Fly Synthesis

{{Short description|Italian aircraft manufacturer}}

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| location_city = Mortegliano

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| industry = Aerospace

| products = Ultralight aircraft

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Gryphen Aircraft Industries Srl. (ex-Fly Synthesis Srl) is an Italian aircraft manufacturer based in Mortegliano. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of carbon fibre ultralight aircraft.Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 52-53. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485XTacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, pages 54-55. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. {{ISSN|1368-485X}}

Founded in the late 1980s in Gonars, the company produced its first aircraft, the Storch in 1990. The company was sold to new owners, in 2000. In 2006 the company moved to its present location, a {{convert|3000|m2|sqft|abbr=on}} modern and efficient facility beside the old WW2 military base in Mortegliano.{{cite web|url = http://www.flysynthesis.com/en/fly/stabilimento/page5.html|title = Factory|accessdate = 28 June 2012|last = Fly Synthesis|year = 2011}}

During 2024, Gryphen Aircraft Industries Srl (ex-Fly Synthesis) purchased all the assets and the factory in Mortegliano (UD), Italy, and is now manufacturing again the famous aircraft (listed below)