Author: Luca Ferrari

In the last few months a big effort has been made to accelerate the delivery of new aircrafts and it is obviously planned for the next months too. The new Rotax 915 has caused recently some delays to all manufacturers including Zlin Aviation but soon all will be solved.

We decided to reorganize the production line for the future. Starting from now some products will be discontinued (but we will deliver spare parts and assistance of course without problems for the existing planes).

We are really glad to have achieved a new step about the quality of our final assembled and ready to fly planes. This choice will become a free of charge investement for all our customers .From last December in fact, all the ready to fly planes will get a complete wiring harness system (electrical) made by the Italian company Mirmat. This company is already the official supplier of  the famous Tecnam, Pipistrel and Alenia Aeronautica and works in different sectors including the most important Italian telecommunication services provider “TIM”. The quality is their and our main target..

We are glad to confirm the final delivery via container of one beautiful yellow Shock Cub to South Africa, market followed by our dealer Mr.Craig Lang. Soon he and his customer will prepare for first local flight, this nice plane, fitted with the new Beringer 10″ wheels and brakes and 31″ tires.The Rotax 914 turbo was delivering nice performances in combination with the 3 blade Kiev propeller ..Another Shock Cub very similar will be prepared this summer for another Lang’s customer, this time coming from Namibia.

The plane is finally flying with a special livery and a customized Rotax engine. It seems that customers are particularly impressed by the performances during short landings and about unique stall characteristics, looking at first reports…

Some news finally on the table after a while. We were very busy in the last period (let’s say last few months), increasing production, making training for many new workers arrived in the last months, finding new systems and technology to make better our job (for example we will start to use an innovative painting system during next week), producing new carbon accessories/parts and moulds, testing new items (from shock absorbers to new slats etc.) and planes, following certifications processes in 2 Countries, always taking in mind the new rules coming soon in Europe, planning and starting the big move to the new operative base (1.000 square meters planned only for the “final delivery” step) that will be opened soon inside a nice and privat airport near Zlin (Czech). All this and much more is coming (new dealers for example just joined us from Laos, China, Finland, Sweden and La Reunion and will be announced soon while we are discussing with other potential dealers from Ireland and Chile).

Credit to Gary and Philipp (lucky guys) and to the fantastic Alaskan landscape

What is a Bush Pilot? Many pilots ask us about this fantastic discipline, so we just want to share a video that explains the concepts and the feelings behind the scenes (credits to Ultima Thule Outfitters and Matadormediahouse)..After you will have seen this video, you will better understand all the efforts and passion that we put every day in the production our bush planes..

Our new Shock Ultra have been selected by the readers of this prestigious Magazine as the 3th best and innovative Ultralight of the market (last year with our Shock Cub as we arrived second with another German magazine)

The new Shock “Ultra” is finally available.. Just introduced officially this morning at AERO 2018 Friedrichshafen, it is the lightest bushplane of the market.