Parrot Talks Its Way through SLSA Approval

bydanjohnson

Sunday, May 28, 2006 at 02:12 PM ET

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Key Takeaways:

Czech Aircraft Works (CZAW) received Special Light-Sport Aircraft (SLSA) approval for its new Parrot aircraft on November 18, 2005, making it the 22nd SLSA design endorsed by the FAA.
The Parrot features a distinctive, all-aluminum design with unique aesthetic elements like stretch-formed fuselage curves and swept-forward wings, signaling CZAW's move into new in-house aircraft designs beyond earlier models.
CZAW demonstrates strong production capabilities and market success, having secured orders for approximately 200 units of its new Mermaid and Parrot aircraft combined.

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In the USA, Czech Aircraft Works is represented by Sport Aircraft Works, part of the “vertical integration” of the manufacturing and sales organization. Target price for the Parrot is “mid-$70,000s,” says U.S. rep’ Danny Defelici.

After certifying a CH-601 with Rotax powerplant as an SLSA, Czech Aircraft Works (CZAW) recently won another Special Light-Sport Aircraft approval on November 18, 2005. Parrot represents the 22nd SLSA design that received FAA blessing. The shapely aircraft looks like composite construction, but is actually a work in aluminum. With stretch formed fuselage curves, cantilevered swept-forward wings, and a forward hinging bubble canopy concept on a high wing…Parrot has an appropriately distintive look as CZAW continues it new design phase. Earlier this American owned Czech company manufactured the designs of Chris Heintz (601 and 701) but Wisconsin-raised Chip Erwin lead his company to create the amphibious Mermaid and the Parrot land plane. Unlike some other companies in the LSA field, CZAW has already proven its production abilities. Customers have recognized this ordering some 200 units of both Mermaid and Parrot.