{{Infobox company | name = Distar Air | logo = | caption = | type = [[Privately held company]] | traded_as = | genre = <!-- Only used with media and publishing companies --> | fate = | predecessor = | successor = | foundation = <!-- {{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | founder = | defunct = <!-- {{End date|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | location_city = [[Ústí nad Orlicí]] | location_country = [[Czech Republic]] | location = | locations = | area_served = | key_people = | industry = [[Aerospace]] | products = [[Light aircraft]] | services = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | assets = | equity = | owner = [[Společnost DISTAR CZ a.s.]]<ref name="About">{{cite web|url = http://www.distar.cz/en/texty/o-firme/|title = About Us|accessdate = 15 December 2014|last = Distar|year = 2012}}</ref> | num_employees = | parent = | divisions = | subsid = | homepage = {{URL|www.distar.cz/en/}} | footnotes = | intl = }} [[File:Urban Air UFM-10 Samba XXL AN1690623.jpg|right|thumb|[[Urban Air Samba|Distar Samba XXL]]]] [[File:Urban Air UFM-11 Lambada AN0704326.jpg|right|thumb|[[Distar UFM-13 Lambada]]]] '''Distar Air''' is a [[Czech Republic|Czech]] [[aircraft manufacturer]] based in [[Ústí nad Orlicí]]. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of [[light aircraft]] in the form of kits for [[Homebuilt aircraft|amateur construction]] as well as ready-to-fly aircraft.<ref name="WDLA11">Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12'', pages 41 and 135. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X</ref>
Distar Air was formed to continue the production of [[Urban Air]] designs, including the [[Urban Air Samba|Distar Samba XXL]] touring aircraft and the [[Distar UFM-13 Lambada]] [[motorglider]].<ref name="WDLA11"/>
The company is owned by [[Společnost DISTAR CZ a.s.]], a diversified manufacturing concern that also produces machinery, engines and stone quarrying.<ref name="About"/>
Distar Air licensed production of the Samba to [[Airo Aviation]] in [[Dubai]] who produced the aircraft as the Airo 5.<ref name="WDLA11"/>
== Aircraft ==
{| class="wikitable" align=center style="font-size:90%;" |- |+ align=center style="background:#BFD7FF"| '''Summary of aircraft built by Distar Air''' |- style="background:#efefef;" ! Model name ! First flight ! Number built ! Type
|- |align=left| '''[[Distar UFM-13 Lambada]]''' |align=center| |align=center| |align=left| [[motorglider]] |- |align=left| '''[[Urban Air Samba|Distar Samba XXL]]''' |align=center| 1999 |align=center| circa 80 by 2009 |align=left| light touring aircraft |-
|}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Official website|http://www.distar.cz/en/letecka-technika/letecka-technika/}} {{Distar Air aircraft}}
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