Aerospool

Aerospool, spol sro
Type	Společnost s ručením omezeným
Industry	Aerospace
Predecessor	Aero-club Prievidza
Founded	1990
Headquarters	Prievidza, Slovakia
Products	Ultralight aircraft, aircraft kits
Services	aircraft maintenance
Website	www.aerospool.sk

Aerospool, spol sro is a Slovak aircraft manufacturer based in Prievidza. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of ultralight and kit aircraft in the form of kits for amateur construction and ready-to-fly aircraft.[1][2] They also build major components for gliders as well as repairing and re-finishing gliders.[3]

The company was founded at the end of 1990 by members of the Aero-club Prievidza.[4]

The company is organized as a společnost s ručením omezeným, a Slovak private limited company.[1][2]

History

The company's first product was the fuselage for the WT3 glider. The company then branched into making hand-laid-up fibreglass transport trailers for gliders, producing more than 120 of them.[4]

The company took on subcontract work and built more than 100 fuselages for the InterPlane Skyboy ultralight aircraft. They produced components for the WT6, the Radab Windex and the Aeropro Eurofox.[4]

In 1992 they designed their own aircraft the Aerospool Compact.[4]

In 1993 Aerospool commenced offering repairs for Schempp-Hirth gliders and was approved by the German airworthiness authority, the Luftfahrt-Bundesamt. They started producing Schempp-Hirth gliders under contract and by 2017 were building tailplanes, elevators and winglets for the Schempp-Hirth Ventus-2C, as well as carrying out pre-assembly, painting and final assembly.[4]

In 1996 the Impulz first flew in prototype form and was developed into the WT9 Dynamic in 2000. The two-seat WT9 Dynamic achieved commercial success and over 500 had been delivered by 2015. The three-to-four seat version of the WT9 is the WT10 Advantic, which was first flown on 11 April 2013 and remained under development in 2017. The WT10 is intended to be supplied as a kit for amateur construction once production begins.[2][4][5]

Aircraft

Aerospool WT9 Dynamic

Summary of aircraft built by Aerospool:

References

Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 22. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, pages 22 and 94. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. ISSN 1368-485X
Aerospool. "Repaint/Repair Of Gliders". aerospool.sk. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
Aerospool (2017). "History". aerospool.sk. Archived from the original on 30 March 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
Aerospool (2017). "Advantic WT10". aerospool.sk. Archived from the original on 30 March 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2017. Our company intends to offer the Advantic WT10 as a kit.

External links

Official website

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[WDLA11-1] Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 22. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X

[WDLA15-2] Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, pages 22 and 94. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. ISSN 1368-485X

[3] Aerospool. "Repaint/Repair Of Gliders". aerospool.sk. Retrieved 19 July 2017.

[Hist-4] Aerospool (2017). "History". aerospool.sk. Archived from the original on 30 March 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2017.

[5] Aerospool (2017). "Advantic WT10". aerospool.sk. Archived from the original on 30 March 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2017. Our company intends to offer the Advantic WT10 as a kit.