{{Infobox company | name = Skyleader a.s. | logo = Skyleader a.s. Logo 2015.png | logo_size = 250px | caption = | type = [[Joint-stock company#Czech Republic and Slovakia|Private joint stock 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}} --> | hq_location = | hq_location_city = [[Jihlava]] | hq_location_country = [[Czech Republic]] | area_served = | key_people = | industry = [[Aerospace]] | products = [[Microlight aircraft]]<br>[[Subcontractor|Aerospace manufacturing subcontracting]] | services = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | assets = | equity = | owner = [[Private Owner]] | num_employees = | parent = | divisions = | subsid = | homepage = {{URL|www.skyleader.aero}} | footnotes = | intl = }} [[File:Skyleader600.jpg|thumb|right|[[Kappa 77 KP 2U-SOVA|Skyleader 600]]]] [[File:Jihlavan Skyleader 200 AN1820974.jpg|thumb|right|[[Kappa 77 KP 2U-SOVA|Skyleader 200 UL]]]] [[File:GP-05 (9272764469).jpg|thumb|right|[[Skyleader GP One]]]] '''Skyleader a.s.''' is a Czech [[aircraft manufacturer]] based in [[Jihlava]], [[Czech Republic]]. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of [[ultralight aircraft]] up to 600kg MTOM (1320lb MTOW) in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft or FBK (Fast Built Kit) in the {{ill|Letecká amatérská asociace České republiky|cs}} (LAA ČR) [[ultralight]], {{ill|Deutscher Ultraleichtflugverband|de}} (DULV) ultralight, Dachverband deutscher Luftsportverbände (DAeC) ultralight, Fédération française d'ULM (FFPLUM) ultralight, [[British Microlight Aircraft Association]] (BMAA) [[microlight]], and American [[light-sport aircraft]] categories.<ref name="WDLA11">Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12'', pages 76-77. 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'', pages 80-81. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. {{ISSN|1368-485X}}</ref>
==History== The company was formed as a successor to the bankrupt [[Kappa 77, s.r.o.]], in March 2005 as Jihlavan Airplanes, s.r.o., named for the town in which it is located. Skyleader owns 100% of Jihlavan Airplanes and operates it as a subsidiary.<ref name="Hist">{{cite web|url = http://www.skyleader.aero/en/about-us/company-overview|title = About Us - Company Overview|accessdate = 6 January 2015|last = Skyleader|year = 2014}}</ref>
The company works with the Institute of Aerospace Engineering at [[Brno University of Technology]] on aircraft design, having jointly developed the [[Kappa 77 KP 2U-SOVA]] into the Skyleader 100 to 600 series of [[microlight]] and [[light-sport aircraft]].<ref name="Hist"/> The [[Skyleader GP One]] was developed as a new high-wing design and introduced at the [[AERO Friedrichshafen]] show in 2010.<ref name="WDLA11"/><ref name="WDLA15"/> Skyleader also does aerospace manufacturing subcontract work and produced the doors for the [[Airbus A320]] airliner.<ref name="Hist"/>
The [[Bulgaria]]n company ACS started producing the [[Skyleader 600]] at the state owned TEREM-Letets aircraft factory in [[Sofia]] in July 2015 under a licence agreement.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bgonair.bg/avioshou/2015-08-06/ultraleki-samoleti-skyleader-shte-se-sglobyavat-v-sofiya|title=Ултралеки самолети Skyleader ще се сглобяват в София|author=Александър Богоявленски|work=BGONAIR|accessdate=13 September 2015}}</ref>
== Aircraft ==
{| class="wikitable" align=center style="font-size:90%;" |- |+ align=center style="background:#BFD7FF"| '''Summary of aircraft built by Skyleader''' |- style="background:#efefef;" ! Model name ! First flight ! Number built ! Type
|- |align=left| '''[[Kappa 77 KP 2U-SOVA|Skyleader 100]]''' |align=center| 2011 |align=center| |align=left| Two seat low wing [[microlight]] |- |align=left| '''[[Kappa 77 KP 2U-SOVA|Skyleader 150]]''' |align=center| |align=center| |align=left| Two seat low wing microlight |- |align=left| '''[[Kappa 77 KP 2U-SOVA|Skyleader 200 UL]]''' |align=center| 1996 |align=center| |align=left| Two seat low wing microlight |- |align=left| '''[[Kappa 77 KP 2U-SOVA|Skyleader 400 MKIV]]''' |align=center| 2013 |align=center| |align=left| Two seat low wing microlight |- |align=left| '''[[Kappa 77 KP 2U-SOVA|Skyleader 500 LSA]]''' |align=center| |align=center| |align=left| Two seat low wing [[light-sport aircraft]] |- |align=left| '''[[Kappa 77 KP 2U-SOVA|Skyleader 600 RG]]''' |align=center| 2010 |align=center| |align=left| Two seat low wing light-sport aircraft |- |align=left| '''[[Skyleader GP One]]''' |align=center| 2010 |align=center| |align=left| Two seat high wing microlight |-
|}
==See also== *[[Light aircraft manufacturers in the Czech Republic]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category|Skyleader aircraft}} *{{Official website|http://www.skyleader.aero/}} {{Skyleader Aircraft}}
[[Category:Aircraft manufacturers of the Czech Republic and Czechoslovakia]] [[Category:Ultralight aircraft]] [[Category:Homebuilt aircraft]]