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June, 2008Lambada UFM-13 makes the cover of EAA Sport Pilot Magazinehttp://www.sportpilot.org/magazine/ April 14, 2008The Urban Air USA Team returns from Sun-n-Fun 2008. The 11 member team has completed the first show of Urban Air Lambada at the Sun-n-Fun event. With 3 locations at the show and 3 aircraft on display, the Lambada received the attention it deserves. The response and interest exceeded expectations and the aircraft production slots are now sold out till mid summer.April 6, 2008Urban Air USA and SALSA Aviation Inc. entered into marketing agreement of the S-LSA Lambada in the Central United States. SALSA Aviation Inc. is based close to San Antonio, TX at the Boerne Stage Field. SALSA Aviation Inc. will be a full service center for all Lambada customers in the Central United States.April 2, 2008First S-LSA Lambada arrives to Flight Design West of Minden, NV Jim Lee, the Sales Director of Urban Air USA finished the first Coast to Coast flight in the New Lambada S-LSA launching from Melbourne, FL and arriving to Half Moon Bay, CA. The plane was then delivered to Flight Design West in Minden, NV and will serve as the Demo aircraft for West coast customers.February 24, 2008Trip to Albuquerque, New MexicoWe departed Melbourne, FL on February 9th, with stops at Seminole Lake Gliderport, and Leesburg, on the way to an overnight stop in Panama City. The next day took us to Boerne Stage Field outside of San Antonio, TX to meet with our dealer, Bob Bruce. The Lambada didn't need to stop, but I did, twice, on the way, to stretch my legs. Upper level westerlies kept us within 2000 feet of the ground where winds were thankfully light and variable. A demo flight and low clouds allowed a late start the next day. We climbed through an opening to fly VFR on top for 3 hours against the building northwest wind. The clouds gave out, and we dropped low, flying 500 to 1000 feet off the deck to partially escape the 20kt headwind. It was interesting being so low in the red desert country, and we sent coyotes and antelope running for cover. The air was choppy but not too bad. I called my friend Mark Mocho in Albuquerque as we cruised low over a small town with a cell phone tower. He warned me of lenticulars and high winds, so we stopped in Roswell for the night rather than try to sneak into Moriarty after sunset without position lights. The next morning also brought strong northwest winds, so we flew lower, hugging the gullies to try to keep the groundspeed into the upper 80's. Total stats for the Melbourne-Moriarty run were: 1550nm-16.2hrs-96kts average groundspeed-57 gallons 100LL burned- 3.5gph-5000rpm On arrival at Moriarty, Mark hopped in with me and flew as we motored to 9000msl, (climbing at 800fpm), contacted the wave, shut down the engine, and soared to 15,000msl. We hopped over the Sandia Mountains, ridge soared for a while, then cranked up to hop over the back to the wave again, and then on to Moriarty. I caught some wicked crud in Albuquerque after one day at our booth, so Joe flew in for emergency relief and did most of the demo flights. Jeff Shingleton (owns 2 Lambadas!) helped out at the booth, as he did in Sebring. We sold a plane to a fellow who showed up at the convention to buy a Stemme S10, not even knowing about the Lambada. But following 2 demo flights in the Lambada with Joe, he was sold. We made many more contacts, including Lee Clauser who owns a Texas ranch with an airstrip, and who offered a stop on my flight home. We departed Moriarty on February 18, bound for Boerne Stage again, as Bob Bruce had another Lambada prospect to fly the plane. There was a strong northwest wind blowing, so we cruised at 11,500msl to average 121kts. On the 19th, we flew to Lee Clauser's ranch, making the first aircraft landing on his strip. Lee and I flew to the Stephenville Airport for a couple of landings before flying back to his ranch. We soared with the engine off, and then glided in to his strip and coasted to a stop in his front yard. After a quiet night at the ranch, we pushed on to the Sycamore Airport outside of Ft. Worth to fly with Ken Withrow. Then at 11am we left for Panama City, arriving at 4:30pm for a 628 mile non-stop run at altitudes up to 13,000msl, with almost half fuel remaining. Total stats for the Moriarty to Panama City run were: 1396nm- 12hrs- 116kts average speed- 40 gallons 100LL- 3.4gph- 5000rpm 2946 trouble-free miles! January 9, 2008Urban Air s.r.o. welcomes Tom Gunnerson, president of Light Aircraft Manufacturers Association in Prague, Czech Republic to undergo a LAMA compliance third party audit.January 7, 2008New Lambada '08 model receives Special Light Sport Airworthiness certification in the United States.January 1, 2007Jim Lee joins Urban Air USA to become its Sales Director. Jim is a veteran of the soaring community with several World Records and comes to Urban Air USA with managerial and fiberglass manufacturing experience.Jim is an expert CFI-G and comes with thousands of hours of flight time experience. November 7, 2007Urban Air, s.r.o. moves to a new modern manufacturing facility in Kerhartice, doubling its capacity to 75 aircraft per year.September, 2007Urban Air USA partners with Dan Johnson Media to market the Lambada UFM13/15 in the United States.September, 2007Bostik Industries, LLC/ Urban Air USA announces launch of the Lambada UFM13/15 at the US Sport Aviation Expo in Sebring, FL, 17th to 20th January, 2008.August, 2007Urban Air s.r.o. joins LAMA and ASTM organizations.August, 2007Bostik Industries, LLC/ Urban Air USA selects John Dunham of Flight Design West, LLC as its West Coast Distributor of the Lambada UFM 13/15 motor glider/ LSA cruiser.July, 2007Urban Air s.r.o. announces, that it secured large plot of land in the vicinity of Usti nad Orlici, Czech Republic airport. A multimillion dollar manufacturing plant will be built there by 2009. The facility will be a state of the art assembly plant for the Lambada, SambaXXL and future aircraft designs.May, 2007Bostik Industries, LLC has been selected as the distributor of Urban Air s.r.o. in the United States, Mexico, and the Caribbean. The focus of this partnership is to introduce Urban Air s.r.o. Lambada UFM 13/15 motor glider/ LSA cruiser into the United States in the Special Light Sport Aircraft version by the end of 2007.The US version of the SambaXXL Special Light Sport Aircraft will be introduced in 2008. April, 2007Urban Air s.r.o. has been acquired by Luxembourg parent company ZETAG S.A.New management has been formed and the company established an aggressive, long term business plan. Lambada appearancesSEBRING U.S. AVIATION EXPO 2008 Date: January 17-20, 2008 At Sebring Regional Airport, Florida more information |
SUN'nFUN Date: April 8-13, 2008 Lakeland, Florida more information |
Contact:URBAN AIR USABostik Industries, LLC1333 Aventura WayMelbourne Florida, 32940 Josef Bostik-President josefbostik@cs.com phone 321 9603438 fax 321 7510142 Jim Lee-Sales Director Stardust-voyages@hotmail.com phone 352 250 5644 www.urbanairusa.com |
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| Lambada Demo available in Minden, NV | |
| SALSA Aviation, Inc enters into marketing agreement with Urban Air USA | |
| Sun-n-Fun big success for Lambada | |
| Trip to Albuquerque, New Mexico | |
| New certification for Lambada '08 model | |
| Jim Lee joins Urban Air USA to become its Sales Director | |
by Bostik Industries, LLC