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Polish aircraft manufacturer
PPHU Ekolot
Company typePrivately held company
IndustryAerospace
Founded1995
HeadquartersKorczyna, Podkarpackie Voivodeship, Poland
Key peopleDirector: Henryk Słowik
ProductsKit aircraft, ultralight aircraft, motor gliders, light-sport aircraft
Websitewww.ekolot.pl
Ekolot KR-030 Topaz
Ekolot JK-05L Junior

PPHU Ekolot is a Polish aircraft manufacturer based in Korczyna, Podkarpackie Voivodeship, with its factory in Krosno. The company was formed in 1995 and its director is Henryk Słowik.

The company specializes in the design and manufacture of ultralight aircraft in the form of kits for amateur construction and ready-to-fly aircraft for the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight and the American light-sport aircraft categories.

Working in composite materials, the company produces the Jerzy Krawczyk-designed Ekolot JK 01A Elf motorglider and two ultralight aircraft, the strut-braced Ekolot JK-05L Junior and the cantilever-wing Ekolot KR-030 Topaz. The Topaz has been accepted by the US Federal Aviation Administration as a light-sport aircraft.

Aircraft

Summary of aircraft built by Ekolot
Model name First flight Number built Type
Ekolot JK 01A Elf Single-seat motorglider
Ekolot JK-05L Junior Two-seat ultralight aircraft
Ekolot KR-030 Topaz Two-seat ultralight aircraft
Ekolot KR-010 Elf Single-seat motorglider

References

  1. ^ Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, pages 44 and 135. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
  2. Ekolot (28 November 2008). "About Us". Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  3. Federal Aviation Administration (10 September 2014). "SLSA Make/Model Directory". Archived from the original on 16 May 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2015.

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Ekolot aircraft
Ultralight aircraft
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