Pipistrel Aircraft

Pipistrel Aircraft is the factory appointed distributors for the NASA/Boeing award winning Pipistrel Aircraft in Ireland. Our aircraft can be factory built, and flown as a microlight or if kit built can flown either as a microlight or as a group A. We have a full range of aircraft, the Sinus motor glider, the Virus touring motor glider, the Short Wing fast cruiser and the Taurus self launching glider to cover the requirements of recreational or sports aircraft pilot. It is possible to fly them with a PPL(M), microlight license or a PPL(A) Group A license depending on which category you register them in and what license you have.

General Aircraft Overview

The Sinus motor glider has fantastic gliding performance and still has ability to out fly most other microlights and airplanes in it's class. In the middle we have the Virus a touring motor glider that can cruise at 120 knots on 12 l/hr and still has a very respectable glide ratio. At the faster end of the spectrum we have the Virus Short Wing, also known as the Pipistrel SWing, which is happy cruising at 135 knots on 16 l/hr and has unprecedented performance. Read more