pipistrel d.o.o ajdov ina type private company industry ultralight aviation founded 1987 headquarters ajdov ina slovenia key people ivo boscarol chairman products ultralight aviation number of employees 85 website www.pipistrel.si pipistrel d.o.o ajdov ina is a slovenian light aircraft manufacturer established in 1987 1 by ivo boscarol and based in ajdov ina . it was the first private aircraft company in yugoslavia . its facilities are located in ajdov ina and near the town of gorizia italy . 2 3 by june 2016 pipistrel had produced more than 1500 aircraft . 1 contents 1 history 2 aircraft 3 awards & records 4 references 5 see also 5.1 related articles 5.2 external links history edit due to legal restrictions imposed by the yugoslavian government during the 1980s the first aircraft was flown secretly in the evening between dusk and dark . the flying times and shape of the hang glider style wings earned the aircraft the nickname bats which was adopted by the company naming themselves after the latin word for bat pipistrellus . 2 in august 2012 pipistrel was hit by a brief import ban issued by the federal aviation administration . pipistrel had opened a factory in italy to benefit from the country s bilateral agreements with the united states . during a routine check the faa was unable to locate pipistrel s italian factory on google earth and banned the import of some of pipistrel s products . 4 in july 2015 siemens provider of the dynadyn 60 kilowatt motor used in the alpha electro trainer warned pipistrel that it should not use its motors for overwater flights just as pipistrel was about to launch a historic electric powered flight across the english channel and back . as it turns out airbus was preparing exactly the same louis bl riot like exploit with a plane powered by a motor also provided by siemens and it was speculated that siemens was pressured by airbus . 5 6 on 12 october 2015 pipistrel won an international tender issued by the indian ministry of defence to supply 194 pipistrel virus sw 80 trainers to the indian air force indian navy and national cadet corps . 7 8 aircraft edit pipistrel taurus g4 take off at 2011 green flight challenge pipistrel sinus pipistrel alpha trainer pipistrel apis pipistrel apis bee pipistrel apis electro pipistrel panthera pipistrel sinus pipistrel spider pipistrel taurus pipistrel taurus electro pipistrel taurus g4 pipistrel twister pipistrel virus pipistrel virus sw pipistrel wattsup electric trainer the company also produces the flight team spider ultralight trike under sub contract to flight team ug & company ag of ippesheim germany . 9 the taurus g4 is the first all electric four seat aircraft in the world 10 and boasts the most powerful electric motor ever used in an all electric airplane design . 11 by june 2016 pipistrel had produced 800 sinus and virus . 1 awards & records edit 2001 1st place in the two seat category at the world air games in spain 2007 2 nasa centennial challenges personal air vehicle challenge in 2007 12 2008 general aviation technology challenge 13 2010 ukti award for innovation 14 2011 cafe nasa google green flight challenge for energy efficient aircraft with its four seater electric plane taurus g4 . 15 10 fai world records . 16 references edit a b c or 1989 ... pipistrel produces 800th airplane from sinus virus family . avweb.com . 16 june 2016 . retrieved 2016 01 07 . a b james lawrence january 2012 . light sport chronicles profiles in vision ivo boscarol . planeandpilotmag.com . retrieved 1 july 2016 . learning to fly with spirit slovenia . spirit slovenia public agency . 7 may 2014 . retrieved 4 december 2014 . stephen pope 23 august 2012 . faa ends brief pipistrel import ban . flyingmag.com . retrieved 2016 07 01 . thomas a. horne 7 july 2015 . siemens denies e motors to pipistrel . aopa.org . retrieved 2016 07 01 . stephen pope 9 july 2015 . airbus vs pipistrel an electrifying english channel race . flyingmag.com . retrieved 2016 07 01 . g. c. ; g. k. 12 october 2015 . pipistrel to deliver six to seven planes each month to indian armed forces in slovenian . rtv slovenija official website . retrieved 1 july 2016 . pipistrel signs huge microlight deal with india in slovenian . flyer official website . 12 october 2015 . retrieved 13 october 2015 . dead link bayerl robby ; martin berkemeier ; et al world directory of leisure aviation 2011 12 page 211 . wdla uk lancaster uk 2011 . issn 1368 485x wittman regional airport sees first flight for taurus g4 . aero news network . 12 august 2011 . retrieved 7 october 2011 . paur jason 8 august 2011 . electric airplane has 4 seats two fuselages one big motor . wired . retrieved 7 october 2011 . pipistrel virus the big winner at pav challenge . eaa news . 15 august 2007 . retrieved 4 july 2014 . pipistrel team again the big winner in nasa ga technology challenge . eaa news . 13 august 2008 . retrieved 4 july 2014 . pipistrel winner 2010 the ukti award for innovation . european business awards . retrieved 8 march 2012 . steitz dave & anderson janet 3 october 2011 . nasa awards historic green aviation prize . nasa . retrieved 4 october 2011 . pipistrel apis bee . pipistrel company website . retrieved 8 march 2012 . see also edit wikimedia commons has media related to pipistrel . related articles edit personal air vehicle list of gliders external links edit pipistrel company page pipistrel usa v t e pipistrel aircraft aircraft alpha apis apis bee apis electro panthera sinus spider taurus twister virus wattsup retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title pipistrel & oldid 735737757 categories aircraft manufacturers of sloveniacompanies of sloveniacompanies established in 1987slovenian brandshidden categories cs1 slovenian language sources sl all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from july 2016commons category with page title 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 deutschespa olfran aissloven ina edit links this page was last modified on 22 august 2016 at 19 50 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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