the czech aircraft manufacturer . for the defunct polish airline see direct fly . direct fly sro type privately held company industry aerospace founded 2006 headquarters hluk czech republic key people manager ivo lederer test pilot anton n chroust products kit aircraft number of employees 10 2012 website www.directfly.cz direct fly sro sometimes called directfly sro is a czech aircraft manufacturer based in hluk and founded in 2006 . the company specializes in the design and manufacture of ultralight aircraft in the form of ready to fly aircraft for the f d ration a ronautique internationale microlight and the american light sport aircraft categories . the organization is a czech spole nost s ru en m omezen m or private limited company . 1 2 direct fly was established in a part of the country noted for its aircraft manufacturing to take advantage of the existing available pool of skilled workers . 1 company management include manager ivo lederer test pilot anton n chroust and production manager zden k nejezchleba . in 2008 the company had seven employees . in 2012 jane s information group reported the company then had ten employees plus seven international dealers . 2 3 direct fly alto 100 the company builds two microlight aircraft designs the two seat low wing alto and the two seat strut braced high wing argo which was added to the line in 2011 . the alto has been accepted by the us federal aviation administration as a light sport aircraft . 1 2 3 4 the company first exhibited in the united states at the sun n fun in lakeland florida in april 2010 . 5 the company has been noted for its short wait times for aircraft ordered . 6 by january 2015 the company had exported at least two aircraft to the u.s. since there were two altos registered with the us federal aviation administration as light sport aircraft . 7 aircraft edit summary of aircraft built by direct fly sro model name first flight number built type direct fly alto 41 two seat low wing microlight direct fly argo two seat high wing microlight references edit a b c bayerl robby ; martin berkemeier ; et al world directory of leisure aviation 2011 12 page 40 . wdla uk lancaster uk 2011 . issn 1368 485x a b c jackson paul ed jane s all the world s aircraft 2012 2013 p. 179 . jane s information group 2012 . isbn 978 0 7106 30001 a b direct fly sro 2009 . about us . retrieved 13 january 2015 . slsa make model directory . federal aviation administration . 10 september 2014 . retrieved 13 january 2015 . sobie brendan 23 april 2010 . sun n fun light sport makers set sights on europe . flightglobal . washington dc . plane and pilot magazine 2015 . direct fly alto . retrieved 13 january 2015 . make model inquiry results . federal aviation administration . 13 january 2015 . retrieved 13 january 2015 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to direct fly aircraft . official website v t e direct fly sro aircraft fixed wing aircraft alto argo retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title direct fly sro & oldid 668363047 categories aircraft manufacturers of the united statesaircraft manufacturers of the czech republic and czechoslovakiaultralight aircrafthomebuilt aircrafthidden categories commons category with local link same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages add links this page was last modified on 23 june 2015 at 21 47 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view