industry aerospace founded 1998 defunct circa 2010 headquarters st nad orlic czech republic number of employees 40 website www.urbanair.cz urban air was an aircraft manufacturer based in the czech republic . 1 the company was a manufacturer of light sport and ultralight aircraft and employed 40 people . the company was founded in 1998 by five partners . their first prototype made its inaugural flight in may 1996 thus pre dating the company by two years . it had been in the design and production stages since 1992 when pavel urban karel faltus and ing . milo ml dek started design . they were also assisted by schempp hirth . production of the company s designs was taken up by distar air of st nad orlic czech republic . 2 contents 1 aircraft 2 see also 3 references 4 external links aircraft edit urban air designed and built two aircraft types the lambada and the samba . both can be equipped with a tow hook to tow gliders aloft . in addition parachute recovery systems are an option . the aircraft are made of fiberglass and carbon fiber composite materials . they are designed so as to be quickly disassembled and trailered for ground transport . 1 lambada the lambada officially called the ufm 13 lambada was the company s first airplane . it had been in design stages since 1992 and the prototype s first flight was on 23 may 1996 . the design was based on that of gliders so as to enhance performance . the aircraft comes with wing extenders that increase the wingspan to 15 meters . it also has flaps and spoilers . it is a single engine taildragger monoplane . 1 3 urban air samba xxl built in 2008 displayed at the sun n fun show at lakeland florida in april 2009 samba the samba was the company s second aircraft . it took off on its first test flight in june 1999 . it is made primarily of carbon laminate . the samba is like the lambada a single engine monoplane but has tricycle gear instead of the traditional taildragger gear . an improved version the samba xxl has been in production since 2004 . 1 4 see also edit light aircraft manufacturers in the czech republic references edit notes a b c d bertrand noel ; rene coulon ; et al world directory of leisure aviation 2003 04 page 166 . pagefast ltd lancaster ok 2003 . issn 1368 485x bayerl robby ; martin berkemeier ; et al world directory of leisure aviation 2011 12 page 41 . wdla uk lancaster uk 2011 . issn 1368 485x simpson 2005 p. 301 simpson 2005 p. 301 bibliography simpson rod 2005 . general aviation handbook . midland publishing . isbn 1 85780 222 5 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to urban air . official site of urban air retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title urban air & oldid 718621240 categories aircraft manufacturers of the czech republic and czechoslovakiahidden 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 nederlands edit links this page was last modified on 4 may 2016 at 16 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