Apollo Ultralight Aircraft

Apollo Ultralight Aircraft
Privately held company
Industry Aerospace
Headquarters Eger, Hungary
Products Kit aircraft, ultralight trikes, gyroplanes, light-sport aircraft
Website www.halley.hu

Apollo Ultralight Aircraft is a Hungarian aircraft manufacturer based in Eger. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of ultralight aircraft, gyroplanes and ultralight trikes, in the form of kits for amateur construction and ready-to-fly aircraft for the European Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight and the American light-sport aircraft categories.[1][2]

The company produces a wide variety of aircraft including five ultralight trike models, the Delta Jet, Jet Star, Monsoon, Racer GT, C15D Toples and the Classic. Apollo also makes a single fixed wing microlight, the Fox which is a copy of the Denney Kitfox and a gyroplane, the Gyro AG1.[1][2][3]

The company has an American distributor, Apollo Aircraft, which has completed US Federal Aviation Administration light-sport aircraft certification for the Fox fixed wing microlight as well as the Delta Jet, Jet Star and Monsoon trikes.[2][4]

Apollo exhibited at AERO Friedrichshafen in 2013 as well as the Al Ain airshow in the United Arab Emirates.[5]

Aircraft

Summary of aircraft built by Apollo Ultralight Aircraft
Model name First flight Number built Type
Apollo Fox Two seat, fixed wing, microlight aircraft
Apollo Delta Jet Two seat, flex wing, ultralight trike
Apollo Jet Star Two seat, flex wing, ultralight trike
Apollo Monsoon Two seat, flex wing, ultralight trike
Apollo Racer GT Two seat, flex wing, ultralight trike
Apollo C15D Toples Two seat, flex wing, ultralight trike
Apollo Classic Two seat, flex wing, ultralight trike
Apollo Gyro AG1 Two seat gyroplane

References

  1. 1 2 Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04, pages 95 & 123. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X
  2. 1 2 3 Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, pages 26, 204-205. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
  3. ↑ Apollo Ultralight Aircraft. "Halley Kft.". Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  4. ↑ Federal Aviation Administration (10 September 2014). "SLSA Make/Model Directory". Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  5. ↑ Apollo Ultralight Aircraft. "News". Retrieved 21 January 2015.

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