{{Short description|Hungarian aircraft manufacturer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}} {{Use British English|date=March 2022}} {{Infobox company | name = Apollo Ultralight Aircraft | logo = Apollo Ultralight Aircraft Logo 2015.jpg | caption = | type = [[Privately held company]] | traded_as = | fate = | predecessor = | successor = | founded = <!-- {{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | founder = | defunct = <!-- {{End date|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | hq_location = | hq_location_city = [[Eger]] | hq_location_country = [[Hungary]] | area_served = | key_people = | industry = [[Aerospace]] | products = [[Kit aircraft]], [[ultralight trike]]s, [[gyroplane]]s, [[light-sport aircraft]] | services = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | assets = | equity = | owner = | num_employees = | parent = | divisions = | subsidiaries = | website = {{URL|https://apollo-aircraft.com}} | footnotes = | intl = }}
'''Apollo Ultralight Aircraft''' is a [[Hungary|Hungarian]] [[aircraft manufacturer]] based in [[Eger]]. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of [[ultralight aircraft]], [[gyroplane]]s and [[ultralight trike]]s, in the form of kits for [[Homebuilt aircraft|amateur construction]] and ready-to-fly aircraft for the European [[Fédération Aéronautique Internationale]] [[microlight]] and the American [[light-sport aircraft]] categories.<ref name="WDLA04">Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', pages 95 & 123. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X</ref><ref name="WDLA11">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</ref><ref name="WDLA15">Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: ''World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16'', page 28. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. {{ISSN|1368-485X}}</ref> [[File:Lucia aircraft.jpg|right|thumb|[[Apollo Fox]]]] The company produces a wide variety of aircraft including five ultralight trike models, the [[Apollo Delta Jet|Delta Jet]], [[Apollo Jet Star|Jet Star]], [[Apollo Monsoon|Monsoon]], [[Apollo Racer GT|Racer GT]], [[Apollo C15D Toples|C15D Toples]] and the [[Apollo Classic|Classic]]. Apollo also makes a single fixed wing microlight, the [[Apollo Fox|Fox]] which is a copy of the [[Denney Kitfox]] and a [[gyroplane]], the [[Apollo Gyro AG1|Gyro AG1]].<ref name="WDLA04"/><ref name="WDLA11"/><ref name="WDLA15"/><ref name="Home">{{cite web|url = http://www.halley.hu/apollo.php|title = Halley Kft.|accessdate = 21 January 2015|last = Apollo Ultralight Aircraft|date = |archive-date = 19 January 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150119001834/http://www.halley.hu/apollo.php|url-status = dead}}</ref>
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.<ref name="WDLA11"/><ref name="FAASLSA">{{cite web|url=http://www.faa.gov/aircraft/gen_av/light_sport/media/SLSA_Directory.xls |title=SLSA Make/Model Directory |accessdate=21 January 2015 |last=[[Federal Aviation Administration]] |date=10 September 2014 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130516004527/http://www.faa.gov/aircraft/gen_av/light_sport/media/SLSA_Directory.xls |archivedate=16 May 2013 }}</ref>
Apollo exhibited at [[AERO Friedrichshafen]] in 2013 as well as the [[Al Ain]] airshow in the [[United Arab Emirates]].<ref name="News">{{cite web|url = http://www.halley.hu/apollo.php?kat_nev=News|title = News|accessdate = 21 January 2015|last = Apollo Ultralight Aircraft|date = |archive-date = 21 January 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150121165524/http://www.halley.hu/apollo.php?kat_nev=News|url-status = dead}}</ref>
== Aircraft ==
{| class="wikitable" align=center style="font-size:90%;" |- |+ align=center style="background:#BFD7FF"| Summary of aircraft built by Apollo Ultralight Aircraft |- style="background:#efefef;" ! Model name ! First flight ! Number built ! Type
|- |align=left| '''[[Apollo Fox]]''' |align=center| |align=center| |align=left| Two seat, fixed wing, [[microlight aircraft]] |- |align=left| '''[[Apollo Delta Jet]]''' |align=center| |align=center| |align=left| Two seat, flex wing, [[ultralight trike]] |- |align=left| '''[[Apollo Jet Star]]''' |align=center| |align=center| |align=left| Two seat, flex wing, ultralight trike |- |align=left| '''[[Apollo Monsoon]]''' |align=center| |align=center| |align=left| Two seat, flex wing, ultralight trike |- |align=left| '''[[Apollo Racer GT]]''' |align=center| |align=center| |align=left| Two seat, flex wing, ultralight trike |- |align=left| '''[[Apollo C15D Toples]]''' |align=center| |align=center| |align=left| Two seat, flex wing, ultralight trike |- |align=left| '''[[Apollo Classic]]''' |align=center| |align=center| |align=left| Two seat, flex wing, ultralight trike |- |align=left| '''[[Apollo Gyro AG1]]''' |align=center| |align=center| |align=left| Two seat [[gyroplane]] |-
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==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== <!-- {{Commons category}} --> *{{Official website|https://apollo-aircraft.com}} {{Apollo Ultralight Aircraft}}
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