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Comp Air Inc, formerly known as Aerocomp Inc is an aircraft manufacturer based in Merritt Island, Florida, owned by Ron Lueck. The firm originally manufactured floats for seaplanes, using composite materials. It later branched out into aircraft, marketing them in kit form for home-building. It now offers 3-10 place kit aircraft, with the latest developments being in the experimental Jet market. In 2004, the company test-flew its most ambitious project, a homebuilt jet aircraft, the Aerocomp Comp Air Jet.
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[edit] List of Aircraft
- Aerocomp Merlin------------- (1987) Single-engine two-seat high-wing ultralight aircraft. Marketed as kit homebuilt (discontinued)
- Aerocomp Comp Air 3----- (2002) Single-engine high-wing aircraft. Development of Comp Air 4. Marketed as kit homebuilt (discontinued)
- Aerocomp Comp Air 4----- (____) Single-engine four-seat civil utility aircraft. Marketed as kit homebuilt
- Aerocomp Comp Air 6----- (____) Single-engine six-seat high-wing civil utility aircraft. Marketed as kit homebuilt
- Aerocomp Comp Air 7----- (____) Single-engine seven-seat high-wing turboprop engine aircraft. Marketed as kit homebuilt
- Aerocomp Comp Air 8----- (____) Single-engine eight-seat high-wing turboprop engine aircraft (stretch version of Comp Air 7). Marketed as kit homebuilt
- Aerocomp Comp Air 10--- (____) Single-engine ten-seat high-wing turboprop engine aircraft (larger version of Comp Air 8). Marketed as kit homebuilt
- Aerocomp Comp Air 12--- (2007) Single-engine low-wing turboprop engine, tricycle undercarriage. Type certification being pursued; factory-built
- Aerocomp Comp Air Jet-- (2004) Single turbofan jet engine, eight-seat low-wing aircraft with tricycle undercarriage. Marketed as kit homebuilt
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