The GP 15 JETA & GP 14 VELO updates & the upcoming “PLUS” versions

The targeted European ULM certification of our 13,5 m & 15 m aircrafts allows a high degree of freedom for design & innovation, offer significant cost savings & more straightforward maintenance for the aircrafts’ users & manufactures in comparison to CS-22, however the bottleneck is a very low stall speed of the aircraft determining the allowed MTOW. After carefully considering all pros & cons, the decision was made to design & develop new wings for the VELO & JETA which will significantly increase the operating windows of these ships under the ULM regulations, before the certification begins. At the same time the idea was to embed thorough updates in numerous areas in which the prototypes lack & thus make the ships more user friendly, comfortable, safer & even more competitive. Quality, reliability & trouble-free maintenance are also important profit areas of these changes.

The given updates are going to be introduced gradually over the course of the next few months, during the production of subsequent units, however the main departure – the new wing will be in place starting JETA S/N 011 & VELO S/N 008.