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210: 778: 768: 190:. When Ultravia went out of business in 2006 Kolb purchased Ultravia's assets, including the Pelican design. The company then improved and developed the Pelican into the 773: 783: 653: 148:, in 1970. The aircraft was ahead of its time and so Kolb waited until the ultralight aircraft boom of 1980 to incorporate his company, 510: 439: 187: 156:
the company marketed a wide range of kit aircraft and achieved considerable commercial success, delivering over 3000 aircraft.
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is an American aircraft manufacturer that produces kitplanes for
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In March 2012 the company was sold to Bryan Melborn and renamed
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In 1999 the company was sold to a group of investors, moved to
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8th Edition, page E-20, 21. Cybair Limited Publishing, 2001.
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In 2003 New Kolb Aircraft introduced the Canadian-designed
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Homer Kolb first flew his initial commercial design, the
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Kolb Aircraft
Private company
Aerospace
Homer Kolb
London, Kentucky
United States
Kit aircraft
kolbaircraft.com
amateur construction
Kolb Flyer
Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
London, Kentucky
powered parachute
Kolb Flyer Powered Parachute
Ultravia Pelican Sport 600
Ultravia Aero
Flyer Indústria Aeronáutica
Kolb Flyer Super Sport

Kolb Firestar
Flyer
Ultrastar
Firefly
Firestar
Mark III
Mark III Xtra
Slingshot
Kolbra
King Kolbra
Flyer Powered Parachute

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