company type private company industry aerospace founded 1980 founder homer kolb headquarters london kentucky united states key people owner ceo bryan melborn since march 2010 products kit aircraft website kolbaircraft.com the new kolb aircraft company is an american aircraft manufacturer that produces kitplanes for amateur construction . 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 contents 1 history 2 aircraft 3 references 4 external links history edit homer kolb first flew his initial commercial design the kolb flyer in 1970 . the aircraft was ahead of its time and so kolb waited until the ultralight aircraft boom of 1980 to incorporate his company the kolb aircraft company . initially located in phoenixville pennsylvania the company marketed a wide range of kit aircraft and achieved considerable commercial success delivering over 3000 aircraft . 1 2 7 in 1999 the company was sold to a group of investors moved to london kentucky and renamed the new kolb aircraft company . 1 3 7 the new company introduced a powered parachute model for a short time the kolb flyer powered parachute . 8 in 2003 new kolb aircraft introduced the canadian designed ultravia pelican sport 600 into the us market in partnership with ultravia aero from canada and brazil s flyer industria aeronautica ltda . when ultravia went out of business in 2006 kolb purchased ultravia s assets including the pelican design . the company then improved and developed the pelican into the present kolb flyer super sport . 7 in march 2012 the company was sold to bryan melborn and renamed kolb aircraft company llc . 9 aircraft edit kolb firestar summary of aircraft built by kolb aircraft and new kolb aircraft model name first flight number built type flyer 1970 single seat ultralight aircraft ultrastar 1982 single seat ultralight aircraft firefly single seat ultralight aircraft firestar single seat ultralight aircraft mark iii two seat ultralight aircraft mark iii xtra two seat ultralight aircraft slingshot two seat ultralight aircraft kolbra 2000 two seat ultralight aircraft king kolbra 2000 two seat ultralight aircraft flyer powered parachute 2001 single seat powered parachute kolb pelican 2003 over 700 two seat light sport aircraft kolb flyer super sport 2006 two seat light sport aircraft references edit a b c cliche andre ultralight aircraft shopper s guide 8th edition page e 20 21 . cybair limited publishing 2001 . isbn 0 9680628 1 4 a b downey julia 1999 kit aircraft directory kitplanes volume 15 number 12 december 1998 page 53 . primedia publications . issn 0891 1851 a b downey julia 2001 kit aircraft directory kitplanes volume 17 number 12 december 2000 page 58 . kitplanes acquisition company . issn 0891 1851 downey julia 2002 kit aircraft directory kitplanes volume 18 number 12 december 2001 page 50 . kitplanes acquisition company . issn 0891 1851 newby gonzalez tori kit aircraft directory 2004 kitplanes volume 20 number 12 december 2003 page 70 . aviation publishing group . issn 0891 1851 bethea jim may 2001 . personalities in ultralight aviation ray brown kolb s master builder . retrieved 15 may 2010 . a b c d the new kolb aircraft 2010 . 30 years of distinguished service . retrieved 19 may 2010 . bertrand noel ; rene coulon ; et al world directory of leisure aviation 2003 04 page 83 . pagefast ltd lancaster uk 2003 . issn 1368 485x kolb aircraft n.d. . about us . retrieved 30 june 2012 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to kolb aircraft . official website v t e kolb aircraft aircraft firefly firestar flyer flyer powered parachute flyer super sport king kolbra kolbra mark iii mark iii xtra pelican slingshot ultrastar companies kolb aircraft new kolb aircraft retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title new kolb aircraft & oldid 700564215 categories aircraft manufacturers of the united statescompanies based in london kentuckymanufacturing companies established in 19801980 establishments in kentuckyhidden 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 19 january 2016 at 07 16 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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