{{Short description|American homebuilt jet}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2022}} {{Use American English|date=January 2022}} {{Infobox aircraft | name=Comp Air Jet | image=CompAir Jet.jpg | caption= | type=homebuilt private jet | national_origin=United States | manufacturer=Comp Air | designer= | first_flight=10 July 2004 | introduction= | retired= | status= Production completed | primary_user= | number_built= | developed_from= | variants= | developed_into= }}
The '''Comp Air Jet''' is an American eight-seat, low-wing, pressurized, tricycle undercarriage, turbofan-powered civil utility aircraft marketed by Comp Air for amateur construction.<ref name="KitplanesDec2007">Downey, Julia: ''2008 Kit Aircraft Directory'', Kitplanes, Volume 24, Number 12, December 2007, page 47. Primedia Publications. ISSN 0891-1851</ref><ref name="JetHome">{{Cite web|url = http://www.aerocompinc.com/airplanes/CA-Jet/index.htm|title = Comp Air Jet|accessdate = 25 April 2011|last = Comp Air|authorlink = |date = August 2006|archive-date = March 23, 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210323202039/http://www.aerocompinc.com/airplanes/CA-Jet/index.htm|url-status = dead}}</ref>
The company website does not list it as being in production in 2022.<ref name="Company">{{cite web|url= http://www.compairaviation.com/|title= Home|access-date= 16 August 2022|author= Comp Air|author-link= Comp Air|work= compairaviation.com|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220816123622/http://www.compairaviation.com/|archive-date= 16 August 2022|url-status= live}}</ref>
==Design and development== In 2002 the co-owners of Aerocomp, which is now known as Comp Air, Steve Young and Ron Lueck announced the Comp Air Jet project. The jet is constructed from a "proprietary carbon-fiber hybrid sandwich" and powered by a Ukrainian Ivchenko AI-25 engine. Alternative engines planned for included the Pratt & Whitney JT12-8 or CJ610 or projected future Williams International or Agilis engines.<ref name="JetPR">{{Cite web|url = http://www.aerocompinc.com/airplanes/CA-Jet/jet_press_release.htm|title = Comp Air Jet Press Releases|accessdate = 25 April 2011|last = Comp Air|authorlink = |date = January 2005|archive-date = July 7, 2011|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110707092104/http://www.aerocompinc.com/airplanes/CA-Jet/jet_press_release.htm|url-status = dead}}</ref>
On July 10, 2004 the Comp Air Jet flew for the first time from Merritt Island Airport. Though the gear was not retracted during the flight, the aircraft still reached speeds of {{convert|157|kn|km/h|0|abbr=on}}. The jet landed after 37 minutes with the landing taking about 2000 feet.<ref name="JetPR" />
On January 11, 2005 Aerocomp flew the prototype back to the Merritt Island Airport for further development work after more than 30 hours of flight testing at Space Coast Regional Airport, Titusville, Florida.<ref name="JetPR" />
== Operational history== As of April 2011 the prototype remained the sole example registered with the Federal Aviation Administration.<ref name="FAAReg">{{Cite web|url = http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/AcftRef_Results.aspx?Mfrtxt=&Modeltxt=COMP+AIR+JET&PageNo=1|title = Make / Model Inquiry Results|accessdate = 25 April 2011|last = Federal Aviation Administration|authorlink = |date = April 2011|archive-date = June 16, 2012|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120616124743/http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/AcftRef_Results.aspx?Mfrtxt=&Modeltxt=COMP%20AIR%20JET&PageNo=1|url-status = dead}}</ref>
==Specifications (Comp Air Jet)== {{Aircraft specs |ref=Kitplanes and Comp Air<ref name="KitplanesDec2007" /><ref name="JetHome" /> |prime units?=kts<!-- imp or kts first for US aircraft, and UK aircraft pre-metrification, met(ric) first for all others. You MUST choose a format, or no specifications will show --> <!-- General characteristics --> |genhide=
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==See also== {{aircontent <!-- include as many lines are appropriate. additional lines/entries with carriage return. --> |see also= |related=<!-- related developments --> |similar aircraft=<!-- similar or comparable aircraft --> *Epic Victory |lists=<!-- related lists --> }}
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20210323202039/http://www.aerocompinc.com/airplanes/CA-Jet/index.htm Official website archives] on Archive.org
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Jet Category:Homebuilt aircraft Category:2000s United States civil utility aircraft Category:Very light jets Category:Single-engined jet aircraft Category:Low-wing aircraft Category:Aircraft first flown in 2004