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factoids

| footnotes = | intl = }}Czech Sport Aircraft, a.s. (successor of Czech Aircraft Works) is an aircraft manufacturer based in the Czech Republic.WEB,weblink About us - Czech Sport Aircraft Team, 2009-09-30, Czech Sport Aircraft, 2009,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20090826030841weblink">weblink 2009-08-26, dead, Czech Sport Aircraft company formally entered the market in 2009.WEB,weblink Asociace leteckých výrobců, alv-cr.cz, In 2011 the company's aircraft line included the amphibious Mermaid, the SportCruiser and the streamlined Parrot,Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, pages 38-39. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X but from 2012 only the SportCruiser and PS-28 Cruiser have been produced. In June 2017 produced its 600th aircraft.CZAW manufactured Zenair's Zenith STOL CH701 aircraft under license until the agreement was concluded in December 2006.WEB,weblink Zenair Ltd and Czech Aircraft Works Terminate License Agreement.,

History

File:Czech Sport Aircraft PS-28 Cruiser (G-CJHB) at Cotswold Airport England 18Jun2016 arp.jpg|thumb|Czech Sport Aircraft PS-28 Cruiser at Cotswold Airport, Gloucestershire, EnglandEnglandIn 2009 the Regional Court in Brno, Czech Republic declared the CZAW company bankrupt.JOURNAL, Sport Aviation, March 2009, 21, The successor company entered the market at the same year under the name Czech Sport Aircraft.In January 2010, the company's SportCruiser aircraft was added to the Piper Aircraft line as the PiperSport under a licensing agreement. The stated plan was that CSA would still produce the aircraft and Piper would market it worldwide, as well as supply parts to customers.WEB,weblink Piper Unveils PiperSport LSA, 2010-01-21, Niles, Russ, January 2010, In January 2011, the licensing agreement with Piper was abruptly ended with Piper CEO Geoffrey Berger saying "the company has a different business perspective and approach to the market than Czech Sport Aircraft". The PiperSport distributors then formed a dealer association to ensure the continued sales of the SportCruiser and support of both the SportCruiser and PiperSport in the US.NEWS,weblink Piper Terminates PiperSport Relationship, 13 January 2011, Niles, Russ, January 2011, AvWeb, WEB,weblink Piper to Terminate PiperSport Distributor Business Relationship, 12 January 2011, Piper Aircraft, Piper Aircraft, January 2011, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20110117005042weblink">weblink 17 January 2011, In 2016 the SportCruiser was the best seller aircraft in SLSA category in USA.WEB,weblink Light-Sport Aircraft Market Shares for Fleet and 2016, May 1, 2017,

Aircraft

• Mermaid
• Parrot
• PS-10 Tourer
• PS-28 Cruiser
• PS-38 Tourer
• SportCruiser

See also

• Light aircraft manufacturers in the Czech Republic

References

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External links

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