BRM Costruções Aeronáuticas explained

BRM Costruções Aeronáuticas
Type:Privately held company
Hq Location City:Pero Pinheiro
Hq Location Country:Portugal
Industry:Aerospace
Products:Kit aircraft

BRM Costruções Aeronáuticas (English: BRM Aircraft Manufacturing) is a Portuguese aircraft manufacturer based in Pêro Pinheiro, Sintra. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of ultralight aircraft in the form kits for amateur construction and ready-to-fly aircraft for the European Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight category.[1]

The company is noted as one of very few light aircraft manufacturers located in Portugal, a country not known for aircraft production.

BRM's aircraft are built with aluminium sheet "all-metal" construction. The company's first light two-seat STOL design was the BRM Okavango, which was superseded by the BRM Land Africa. The BRM Citius is an improved model, with a higher cruise speed. The company also produces a low-wing design, the two-seat BRM Argos.

Chris Heintz, the designer of the Zenith STOL CH 701 considers the Land Africa an unauthorized copy of the CH 701.[2]

Aircraft

+ align=center style="background:#BFD7FF"Summary of aircraft built by BRM Costruções Aeronáuticas
Model nameFirst flightNumber builtType
BRM OkavangoTwo-seat, high-wing STOL microlight aircraft, no longer in production
BRM ArgosTwo-seat, low-wing microlight aircraft
BRM Land AfricaTwo-seat, high-wing STOL microlight aircraft
BRM CitiusTwo-seat, high-wing STOL microlight aircraft

Notes and References

  1. Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, pages 33-34. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
  2. Web site: STOL CH701. 14 January 2015. Zenith Aircraft Company. n.d..