Cubcrafters opens european market

[SJ]

CUBCRAFTERS OPENS EUROPEAN MARKET

When it receives delivery of a CubCrafters Carbon Cub in early June, directSky will become the aircraft manufacturer’s dealer to service the European market.
directSky provides aircraft sales, maintenance, management, restoration, repairs and pilot training. It is headed by Managing Director /CEO Kamil Skorupski. DirectSky is located in Ireland (Abbeyshrule Airfield) and Poland (Mielec Airfield).
Initially, directSky will be offering two CubCrafters aircraft:
· The Carbon Cub SS – the world’s highest performance light sport aircraft. It will initially be registered under the EASA Permit to Fly regulation until it is issued a certificate in the EASA CS-LSA category.
· The Carbon Cub EX – a kit version of the Carbon Cub SS. An excellent choice for the first-time builder.
“We’ve received a lot of inquiries for both types of aircraft, and we believe that the factory built Carbon Cub SS and kit Carbon Cub EX will prove to be as popular in Europe as they are in the U.S.,” says Skorupski. “We’re delighted to offer them to our customers in Europe.”
CubCrafters General Manager Randy Lervod comments: “We’ve been eager to establish a presence in Europe for some time now, but needed to find an importer/dealer who offered the right fit. I believe we’ve found that fit with directSky. They have the infrastructure necessary to promote and support the product, even to the point of being able to build an aircraft. Most important, they share our commitment to providing customers with the highest levels of quality and service.”
directSky plans on hosting a European Union press event in July or August, to formally introduce the CubCrafters line.
For more information, visit www.directsky.eu

ABOUT CUBCRAFTERS
CubCrafters, founded in 1980 by current owner and Chairman Jim Richmond, is located at Yakima Air Terminal/McAllister Field Airport (YKM) in Yakima, WA. CubCrafters’ roots are in the 60-year history of classic ‘taildragger’ aviation, but its products and services - New aircraft, CAD-based design and engineering, CNC tooling and fabrication, Lean-manufacturing, and Award-winning tube and fabric aircraft restoration - are leading edge.

[dave]

Congratulations to CubCrafters for their continued success. What a treasure this company is.

[Cub junkie]

Cubs in Europe is a good thing. Those folks pay about twice(or more) for the pleasure of flying anything. Hope CC does well, they have a good product.

[aktango58]

Picking on the North West again SJ


Cheers to anyone that can find markets and help aviation! (and add to cub part availability at the same time)

[Charlie Longley]

I've often wondered why no one has done the same thing with 180/185's as Jim Richmond has done with Supercubs! Just saying......

[SuperUrsus]

Congratulations CubCrafters!
If you are in Northern Italy/Southern Switzerland anytime please let us know.
Tailwinds,
Alex