Visit to Aviation Artur Trendak - AAT

I recently had the opportunity to visit the Aviation Artur Trendak ( AAT ) factory at Jaktorow-Kolonia which is approx 35 miles SW of Warsaw, Poland.

The factory here has been building gyrocopters since 2007, initially as Celier Aviation building the Xenon. In late 2011 the business partners split leaving Artur Trendak to establish his own company AAT and further develop this gyro as the Zen1 and now as the Tercel. The three seat version is also in production now known as the Taurus. AAT have delivered approximately 60 gyrocopters since 2012.

At the time of my visit several three seat Taurus gyrocopters were being prepared for delivery to China as quick build kits.

 

AAT is also providing some support for the new Fusioncopter FC-4 four seat twinned engined gyrocopter. The first prototype is shown below being prepared for its initial flight.

I'd like to thank Artur Trendak and Michal Trendak for their help with this visit.


Steve

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

Sky Guards - Xenon gyrocopter

The Sky Guards have recently taken delivery of their first Xenon gyrocopter, registered as SP-XESP - this gyro was built by Aviation Artur Trendak at Jaktorów - Kolonia, Poland.

The Xenon will be used by the volunteer fire service to help patrol Polands many large forests and road network to coordinate the emergency service response to fires and vehicle accidents and other incidents.

Eight local volunteer firemen have now been trained to fly the gyrocopter - the Xenon will soon be fitted with a FLIR turret to assist with the observation task.

With thanks to Darek Szymanczak for the photo and to Paul Komander for info.



Steve

New Xenon - Aviation Artur Trendak

Aviation Artur Trendak will soon deliver a new Xenon G3 gyrocopter to a customer in Turkey. The gyro has been painted and is ready for dispatch - this will be the second Xenon in Turkey.

 
The photo shows the new forward opening doors which are a feature of the G3 model and the revised windscreen / nose profile.

The Aviation Artur Trendak factory continues Xenon production at Jaktorów - Kolonia, Poland, located at the site of the former Celier Avation facility.
 

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

Aero 2011 Friedrichshafen - Polish Aviation

The Aero 2011 trade show took place at Friedrichshafen, Germany in April 2011.  Many Polish aviation companies exhibited at this trade fair display a wide variety of light aircraft, gliders and gyrocopters including



Aero  - build the AT-3 and AT-4 light aircraft - this year Aero exhibited two aircraft

AT-3 R100 - c/n 052 -  complete and registered as HB-SRB

G-SKAZ - photo by Bill Teasdale - click through to link on AB PIC

AT-3 R100 - c/n 055 -  complete and registered as G-SKAZ - this aircraft features a glass cockpit display



Aero Kros - Three examples of the MP-02 Czajka light aircraft were displayed on an exhibition area with their Western Europe dealer JMB Aviation. The aircraft shown were

c/n 02  - complete registered as "59-DCG"
c/n 04  - complete but unmarked, white with red and blue stripes - destined for a customer in France
c/n 06 - fuselage only - #06 is the first example to have the rear cabin wall placed further back to give more cabin space.

MP-02 Czajka c/n 04 - destined for France

MP-02 Czajka c/n 06 - first with enlarged cabin

Allstar - build gliders - This year they exhibited two gliders,

SZD 54-2 Perkoz - c/n 542.A.11.002 - this example will be the first to feature the extended wing span ( 20m ) and will become the new Perkoz demonstrator for Allstar.  For more information on the SZD 54-2 Perkoz see link below

SZD 54-2 Perkoz product information

SZD 59 Acro - c/n  590.A.09.013

Celier Aviation - build gyrocopters. This year they exhibited two Xenon gyrocopters and the first prototype of their new KISS gyro.  The aircraft shown were
Xenon 2 c/n CAE 08173 - complete registered as "SP-XENF" white
Xenon Executive - c/n ?? - complete, unregistered, black colours, luxury version with revised nose contour too
KISS - c/n ?? - first prototype, large entry level gyro, red colours


Ekolot - build light aircraft - this year they exhibited one aircraft,

JK-05L Junior - c/n 05-08-08


FK Lightplanes - this major aircraft company has its assembly line at Krosno, Poland. FK have designed and built a variety of light aircraft over the past 20 years. At Aero 2011 they exhibited their latest models,

FK-9 ELA c/n 420 - complete registered as I-A412 in the white/green colours of the Italian Police Locale

FK-12 Comet - c/n 096  - complete but unregistered - white/orange

FK-14 Le Mans  - c/n 132 - complete but unregistered - white/green - this new version of the FK-14 Polaris features twin open side by side cockpits with dual windscreens - looks great




Marganski - build aircraft and gliders - this year they exhibited one aircraft

EM-11C Orka - c/n ?? - complete registered as SP-MAR - the EM-11C Orka received EASA type approval in April 2011



ZS Jezow - build new gliders and restore & repair gliders too. This year they exhibited two gliders

PW-5 Smyk - c/n ??
PW-6U - c/n ??


3Xtrim - build aircraft - this year they exhibited one aircraft

Navigator 600 - c/n E63 - complete registered as D-MNXT - white with red/blue colours

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