Industry Aerospace Website www.directfly.cz Founded 2006 Type Privately held company | Products Kit aircraft Headquarters Hluk Number of employees 10 (2012) | |
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Key people Manager: Ivo Lederer
Test pilot: Antonín Chroust | ||
Direct Fly sro (sometimes called DirectFly sro) is a Czech aircraft manufacturer based in Hluk and founded in 2006. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of ultralight aircraft in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft for the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight and the American light-sport aircraft categories. The organization is a Czech společnost s ručením omezeným, or private limited company.
Direct Fly was established in a part of the country noted for its aircraft manufacturing to take advantage of the existing available pool of skilled workers.
Company management include: Manager Ivo Lederer, Test Pilot Antonín Chroust and Production Manager Zdeněk Nejezchleba. In 2008 the company had seven employees. In 2012 Jane's Information Group reported the company then had ten employees, plus seven international dealers.
The company builds two microlight aircraft designs, the two-seat, low-wing Alto and the two-seat, strut-braced, high-wing ArGO, which was added to the line in 2011. The Alto has been accepted by the US Federal Aviation Administration as a light-sport aircraft.
The company first exhibited in the United States at the Sun 'n Fun in Lakeland, Florida, in April 2010. The company has been noted for its short wait times for aircraft ordered.
By January 2015 the company had exported at least two aircraft to the U.S. since there were two Altos registered with the US Federal Aviation Administration as light-sport aircraft.