Celier Aviation 2012 delivery their first new Xenon G2

At the end of 2011 the two key business partners at Celier Aviation ( the manufacturers of the Xenon gyrocopter ) went their separate way. They both wanted to continue building gyrocopters and so two new separate companies were formed - "Aviation Artur Trendak" and "Celier Aviation (2012)".

The new Celier Aviation have recently built a small batch of three Xenon G2 gyroplanes at their facility in Biskupice. The first test flight took place in May 2013 with the first customer delivery going to an owner in Germany in June.

New Celier Aviation Xenon G2 arrives at Muritz Airpark, Germany 6.13  - photo Celier Aviation

Celier Aviation will now focus on the development and test flying of the first Xenon G4 model whilst rival Aviation Artur Trendak continue with production and development of their own Zen1 gyrocopter.

UPDATE 18.6.13 - Celier Aviation have now delivered the second and third new Xenon G2 ( from a batch of 3 ) - these two machines are both painted black and were delivered to Germany on 13.6.13. 

Steve

The Xenon gyrocopter

Over the past 5 years "Celier Aviation" having been building the successful Xenon gyrocopter at their Jaktorów-Kolonia factory ( just south west of Warsaw, Poland ).  By the end of 2011 approximately 140 examples had been built and delivered to customers all over the World.

The company was owned by the Xenon designer Raphael Celier and his business partner Artur Trendak.

In December 2011 a statement on the "Celier Aviation" website made mention of a major re-structuring at the company. A brief message from Mr Celier suggests that he is currently in Russia ( I understand he is part of  French Aviation Technologies ( F.A.T ) which is in Moscow, Russia ).

At the same time a new company and a new website has appeared relating to "Autogyro.eu" - this appears to be managed by Artur Trendak and offers Xenon gyrocopters - the company is also located at Jaktorów-Kolonia.

The new Autogyro.eu website can be found on the link below
 
Autogyro.eu website



The F.A.T website can be found on the link below

French Aviation Technologies website


The Celier Aviation website can be found on the link below

Celier Aviation website



UPDATE - on the 3rd January 2012 I received a copy of a press release from Raphael Celier confirming the separation of the business between the two partners.  Raphael Celier confirms his intention to build Xenon gyrocopters at a near location near the centre of Warsaw, Poland.

So at this moment ( 3.1.12 ) it appears that there are two separate companies both offering to build new Xenon autogyros in Poland. 

In addition I wonder what will happen to the KISS gyrocopter that was under development.



Steve

Celier Aviation - KISS gyrocopter

Celier Aviation exhibited the all new KISS gyrocopter at the recent Aero 2011 trade show in Friedrichshafen Germany in April 2011.

Celier Aviation currently manufacture the Xenon two seat side by side gyro of which over 130 examples have been sold to many countries around the World.

The all new KISS is a more conventional tandem two seater - this is a large gyrocopter. Flight trials of the first prototype started in May 2011 from the Celier airfield at Baranow ( near Warsaw ).

Photo courtesy Celier Aviation 

This first prototype is currently powered by a Rotax 912 with 80 HP - an upgraded 100 H engine will be fitted shortly.

More information on the Celier Aviation website below

http://www.celieraviation.eu/view/24-home.html

Steve

New Xenons for South Africa

Celier Aviation of Poland recently delivered two new build Xenon 2 gyrocopters to South Africa.

The fully enclosed gyro is popular in South Africa with at least 7 examples registered locally. The latest examples are both Xenon 2 RST models,


ZU-RGA c/n CAH 11974S registered on 21st September 2010

ZU-RGB c/n CAH 11874S registered on 21st September 2010

The Xenon is built at the Celier factory at Jaktorow - Kolonia approx 30 miles south west of Warsaw.


External Link to Celier Xenon 2 RST web page below


http://www.celieraviation.eu/view/131-xenon-2-rst.html


For more information about the Xenon gyrocopter fleet listing see



http://xenongyroblog.blogspot.com/




Steve