Alisport Explained

45.7378°N 9.308°W

Alisport srl
Type:Privately held company
Hq Location City:Cremella
Hq Location Country:Italy
Industry:Aerospace
Products:Kit aircraft

Alisport srl is an Italian aircraft manufacturer based in Cremella. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of light aircraft and sailplanes in the form of kits for amateur construction and ready-to-fly aircraft for the European Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight category, as well as aircraft propellers.[1] [2]

The company has three aviation divisions in a shared manufacturing facility, which produce the Silent line of sailplanes, microlight STOL aircraft and the Idrovario line of propellers. Alisport has multi-axis computer numerical control milling machines, composite curing ovens and environmentally-friendly paint booths.[3]

The company produces the Alisport Yuma kit-built two seat STOL microlight aircraft and the line of Silent gliders and motorgliders. The Silent series are each available as unpowered sailplanes, fuel-injected piston-engine powered self-launching motorgliders or Lithium-ion battery electric-powered self-launching motorgliders.[1] [2] [4]

Zenith Aircraft considers the Yuma an unauthorized copy of the Zenith STOL CH 701.[5]

Aircraft

+ align=center style="background:#BFD7FF"Summary of aircraft built by Alisport
Model nameFirst flightNumber builtType
Alisport YumaTwo seat STOL microlight aircraft
Alisport Silent 228 (2011)single seat sailplane
Alisport Silent 2 Electrosingle seat sailplane
Alisport Silent 2 Targa~80single seat sailplane
Alisport Silent Clubsingle seat sailplane

See also

Notes and References

  1. Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, pages 24, 132. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
  2. Vandermeullen, Richard: 2011 Kit Aircraft Buyer's Guide, Kitplanes, Volume 28, Number 12, December 2011, page 41. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851
  3. Web site: Company. 21 January 2015. Alisport. https://web.archive.org/web/20150228054321/http://www.alisport.com/eu/eng/azienda.htm. 2015-02-28. dead.
  4. Web site: Sailplanes, STOL Aircraft, Propellers and Accessories. 21 January 2015. Alisport. https://web.archive.org/web/20150201102525/http://alisport.com/eu/eng/index.html. 1 February 2015. dead. dmy-all.
  5. Web site: STOL CH701. 21 January 2015. Zenith Aircraft Company.