aerospace founder mike blyth headquarters dal fouche springs gauteng south africa key people chief engineer & designer vladimir chechin products ultralight trikes ultralight aircraft owner vladimir chechin website www.rainbowaircraft.co.za rainbow aircraft pty is a south african aircraft manufacturer based at the springs airfield in dal fouche springs gauteng . the company specializes in the design and manufacture of flex wing ultralight trikes and fixed wing ultralight aircraft . 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 the company was founded by mike blyth in south africa . vladimir chechin came as a visitor to the country from russia in 1994 and decided to immigrate finding work at blyth s company . in 2002 chechin purchased the company from blyth . 2 aircraft edit summary of aircraft built by rainbow aircraft model name first flight number built type rainbow aerotrike cobra 70 2005 ultralight trike rainbow aerotrike safari 45 2000 ultralight trike rainbow aerotrike scout 45 2000 ultralight trike rainbow aerotrike spirit ultralight trike rainbow cheetah fixed wing ultralight aircraft references edit bayerl robby ; martin berkemeier ; et al world directory of leisure aviation 2011 12 page 73 . wdla uk lancaster uk 2011 . issn 1368 485x a b alison steve and athol franz march 2009 . history of rainbow vladimir chechin . retrieved 16 april 2012 . cliche andre ultralight aircraft shopper s guide 8th edition page c 1 . cybair limited publishing 2001 . isbn 0 9680628 1 4 bertrand noel ; rene coulon ; et al world directory of leisure aviation 2003 04 page 108 . pagefast ltd lancaster ok 2003 . issn 1368 485x purdy don aerocrafter homebuilt aircraft sourcebook page 235 . bai communications . isbn 0 9636409 4 1 downey julia 2000 trike and chute directory kitplanes volume 17 number 2 february 2000 page 49 . kitplanes acquisition company . issn 0891 1851 downey julia 2005 trikes chutes and rotorcraft directory kitplanes volume 22 number 2 february 2005 page 49 . belvoir publications . issn 0891 1851 external links edit official website v t e rainbow aircraft ultralight aircraft cheetah ultralight trikes aerotrike cobra aerotrike safari aerotrike scout aerotrike spirit retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title rainbow aircraft & oldid 668384886 categories aircraft manufacturers of south africa 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 languages add links this page was last modified on 24 june 2015 at 00 10 . 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