InterPlane Aircraft
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| name = InterPlane Aircraft sro
| logo = InterPlane Aircraft Logo 2013.png
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| type = Privately held company
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| fate = Out of business
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| foundation = 1992
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| defunct = late 2013
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| hq_location_city = Zbraslavice
| hq_location_country = Czech Republic
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| industry = Aerospace
| products = Ultralight aircraft
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| homepage = {{URL|www.interplaneaircraft.com}} - former location
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File:InterPlane Skyboy C-IDBX 02.jpg]]
File:Interplane Skyboy at Sun n Fun.jpg]]
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.Purdy, Don: AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, pages 181 and 353. BAI Communications. {{ISBN|0-9636409-4-1}}Cliche, Andre: Ultralight Aircraft Shopper's Guide 8th Edition, page B-27 and B-101, Cybair Limited Publishing, 2001. {{ISBN|0-9680628-1-4}}{{cite web|url = http://www.interplaneaircraft.com/about_us.htm|title = About InterPlane|accessdate = 16 March 2015|author = InterPlane Aircraft, Inc.|date = |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20130308030124/http://www.interplaneaircraft.com/about_us.htm |archivedate = 8 March 2013}}
The company was a Společnost s ručením omezeným (sro), a Czech private limited company, 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.{{cite web|url =http://www.interplaneaircraft.com/|title = InterPlane Fore Sale!|accessdate = 16 March 2015|author = InterPlane Aircraft, Inc.|date = |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20130221082301/http://www.interplaneaircraft.com/ |archivedate = 21 February 2013}}
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.faa.gov/aircraft/gen_av/light_sport/media/SLSA_Directory.xls |title=SLSA Make/Model Directory |accessdate=27 March 2015 |author=Federal Aviation Administration |date=10 September 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130516004527/http://www.faa.gov/aircraft/gen_av/light_sport/media/SLSA_Directory.xls |archivedate=16 May 2013 }}{{cite web|url = http://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/civilaviation/standards/general-ccarcs-advancedullist-2036.htm|title = Listing of Models Eligible to be Registered as Advanced Ultra-Light Aeroplanes (AULA)|accessdate = 16 March 2015|author = Transport Canada |date=}}
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.{{cite web|url =http://www.interplaneaircraft.com/zjviera.htm|title = The ZJ-Viera|accessdate = 16 March 2015|author = InterPlane Aircraft, Inc.|date = |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20130330182842/http://www.interplaneaircraft.com/zjviera.htm |archivedate = 30 March 2013}}
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.
Aircraft
| class="wikitable" align=center style="font-size:90%;" |
| + align=center style="background:#BFD7FF"| Summary of aircraft built by InterPlane Aircraft |
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! Model name ! First flight ! Number built ! Type |
| align=left| InterPlane Griffon
|align=center| 1992 |align=center| 15 (1998) |align=left| Single-seat, strut-braced, high wing kit plane |
| align=left| InterPlane Skyboy
|align=center| 1992 |align=center| 100 |align=left| Two-seat, strut-braced, high wing aircraft |
| align=left| InterPlane ZJ-Viera
|align=center| 2008 |align=center| |align=left| Single-seat, low wing ultralight |
References
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External links
{{Commons category|InterPlane}}
- {{Official website|http://www.interplaneaircraft.com/}} - former location
- [https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.interplaneaircraft.com/ Company website archives] on Archive.org
{{InterPlane Aircraft}}
Category:Defunct aircraft manufacturers of the Czech Republic and Czechoslovakia
Category:Manufacturing companies established in 1992
Category:1992 establishments in Czechoslovakia