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 Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 3:00 pm Post subject: More Oshkosh Press Release |
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Zenair Ltd and Czech Aircraft Works Terminate License Agreement.
July 28, 2006: Chris Heintz, president of Zenair Ltd. and Chip Erwin, CEO of Czech Aircraft Works, jointly
announced today that they have terminated the longstanding license agreement under which the Zenair
ZODIAC CH 601 and STOL CH 701 light aircraft designs were produced in the Czech Republic for the
European market, effective December 31, 2006.
Starting in 2007, the popular all-metal STOL CH 701 and ZODIAC CH 601 Heintz designs will no longer be
produced and sold by Czech Aircraft Works. They will continue to be made available across Europe by the
Zenair dealer network, as kits coming from Zenith Aircraft Company (Missouri, USA) and as assembled
aircraft from Zenair Ltd.
Czech Aircraft Works will continue manufacturing the Heintz designs through 2006, and will continue
thereafter to provide spare parts and technical support to its existing customers.
In the early 90s, Heintz entered into a license agreement with Czech Aircraft Works of Stare Mesto, Czech
Republic, to produce and market his STOL CH 701 and ZODIAC CH 601 designs for the European market.
The Czech-produced Zodiacs were modified and lightened to meet European rules for "microlight" aircraft.
CZAW produced some 750 such machines under this agreement.
Czech Aircraft Works has designed and developed its own line of light aircraft, the amphibious Mermaid
and the two-seat Parrot and SportCruiser. Heintz (designer and engineer responsible for the entire line of
Zenair aircraft) and Erwin both emphasized that the Czech Aircraft Works designs not affiliated with Chris
Heintz or Zenair.
In the United States, Heintz's designs are manufactured in kit form by Zenith Aircraft Company (in
Missouri), and as factory-produced Light-Sport Aircraft (LSA) by Aircraft Manufacturing and Development
Co. (in Georgia).
cdngoose
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