FK-12 Comet for sale

November 2009 - Holger Wiedenmann is offering his FK-12 Comet for sale - the aircraft c/n 061 currently registered in Germany as D-MSWH.

UPDATE 14.4.10 - this aircraft has now been SOLD

FK-12 "Ski Comet" !

I'd like to thank Thomas Hopferwieser for sending me the photo below. The photo shows FK-12 Comet D-MKKJ ( c/n 77 ) operating with attached skis through the snow at Kufstein / Langkampfen ( LOIK ) in the Tyrol region of Austria.




This is the first photo I've seen showing the Comet flying with skis fitted - thank you.



There are more photos of the FK-12 Comet being fitted with skis on the WWW link below


http://www.grey-owl-web.de/pageID_2801616.html




Compare this aircraft with the FK-12 Comet on water floats

http://fk12comet.blogspot.com/2009/03/comet-returns-to-germany.html



The skis are made by Grey Owl in Germany - for more details see

http://www.graue-eule.de/

http://www.grey-owl-web.de/



WWW for Kufstein / Langkampfen ( LOIK ) airfield

http://www.fliegerclub-kufstein.at/fliegerclub/


Steve

Big Beautiful Doll - Comet D-MYVO

FK-12 Comet D-MYVO c/n 17 is based in Italy and flies from the airfield at Fano - LIDF ( between Rimini and Ancona, on the Adriatic coast ). The photo above shows this Comet with the name and artwork "Big Beautiful Doll" - lovely.




With thanks to Luigi Grasselli of Aviema for supplying the above information and photos.


Steve

FK-12 Comet Special Edition - Roll out at Speyer

The first example of the new FK-12 Comet Special Edition was rolled out at the B&F Technik factory in Speyer, Germany on Friday 18th December 2009.


The aircraft features many new features including

New Rudder, New Elevator, new engine mount, new cowling, new aileron system, carbon fibre rear wing spar, instrument panel-layout with Dynon avinics, constant speed prop from Neuform, new main gear spring and main wheel fairings, wingtips, and in the single seater version a completly new one piece canopy, ventillation inlets for the cockpit, and a luxury leather interior plus a great new external colour scheme.

The photos below were supplied by B&F

The first FK-12 Comet Special Edition "1" with French registration F-JFAL

This photo shows the new single piece canopy and the wingtips on the FK-12 Comet Speical Edition

The Special Edition Comet features a wider undercarriage and main wheel fairings plus a constant speed propellor from Neuform.


The first Special Edition Comet will go to France with the registration F-JFAL.


Thanks to B&F for providing these photos


More details via


http://www.comet-special-limited.com/index.html




Steve

New FK-12 Comet almost ready for Italy

This photo shows one of two new build FK-12 Comets currently under construction for Italian customers - the photo shows the fuselage of Comet c/n 085 at the B&F assembly factory at Krosno, Poland ( FK ProTech ) before the engine has been fitted.

The two Italian Comets will be imported by Italian B&F delaer "Aviema" of Rovato in early 2010.


Steve

D-MOKU flying in a summer sky

I'd like to thank pilot Philipp Jahn from Austria for sending me this lovely photo of FK-12 Comet D-MOKU high in the summer sky over Vienna, Austria taken in summer 2009.

FK-12 Comet - New Agent in Italy

Aviema are the new B&F FK-12 Comet dealer in Italy.

Located at Rovato near Brescia, Aviema have two new build FK-12 Comets arriving in Italy very soon.

Please contact owner Mr Luigi Grasselli for more information via their WWW website

External LINK to Aviema

974-KX - Comet in the Ile de la Réunion

I wish to thank Olivier Sam-Caw Freve for sending me a photo of the lovely Comet below



This Comet has the French Dept registration 974-KX and operates from the tropical Reunion Islands in the Indian Ocean - I love the bright orange colour scheme. Olivier confirms this aircraft is construction number # 76 and that the radio callsign is F-JMEA.

Belgian FK-12 Comet OO-F67

Thanks to Freddy Ceulemans for supplying this lovely photo of Belgian Comet OO-F67 taken at Avernas in August 2009. This Comet is c/n ( werknummer ) 20 and was built in 1999 as D-MPHM. It became OO-F67 in October 2007.

Comet returns to Germany

FK-12 Comet construction number 061 has returned to Germany. This aircraft was delivered new to Poland in 2004 painted in an attractive red/white colour scheme as SP-YOA.


The picture above comes from the official B&F website - it shows this aircraft fitted with floats, this is the only "Float Comet" I've ever seen a photo of.

This aircraft has know been bought by an owner in Bavaria, Germany and he hopes to convert onto the FK-12 Comet ( without floats ) later in 2009.

UPDATE - November 2009

Thanks to Holder Wiedenmann for supplying the photo below of his Comet D-MSWH in June 2009 - this aircraft was previously registered as SP-YOA.

FK-12 Comet with Jabiru 3300 engine

FK-12 Comet with Jabiru 3300 engine

Aerokurier Magazine of June 2006 ( ! ) reported the following relating to Comet D-MOBS.

""Andreras Lehmacher has equipped his FK 12 Comet with the six-cylinder Jabiru 3300 (120hp/88kW). The air sports aircraft office of the Deutscher Aero Club has awarded a Provisional Airworthiness Certification to the re-build, and the flight trials have been running for several weeks. It was clear after the first hours in the air that the Australian engine was a good fit for the agile biplane. It now climbs at 1,500ft/min at 120km/h, and at 2,400 rpm it advances at 155km/h."" with thanks to Aerokurier magazine.

UPDATE 1.9.09 - Andreras Lehmacer has contacted me and confirmed the above news item and also that two other Comets have now modified with Jabiru 3300 engines, these are D-MUZZ and D-MVML - Thanks to Andreras.

FK-12 Comet Production Resumes

June 2009 - Good news from FK Lightplanes !

They have announced the restarting of FK-12 Comet kit production from Summer 2009, with limited production of factory built aircraft from Autumn 2009.

The factory has also just delivered a brand new FK-12 Comet to Finland registration OH-U601 - this is c/n 084


See this LINK for more details on the FK website

FK-12 Comet D-EZWO - video

This Comet is c/n 37 and was built from a kit - it first flew in December 2006 at Mainz-Finthen in Germany.

This aircraft is powered by a Wankel rotary fuel injected fully aerobatic engine rather than the usual Rotax 912. In addition the aircraft has a Silence Aircraft 2 bladed automatic variable pitch propeller.

D-EZWO has been designed to operate with a MTOW of 520 Kg allowing full two seat operations with a full fuel load - because of this the aircraft could not be registered in the German microlight registration sequence of "D-M......" ( MTOW 450 Kg ) - the aircraft is as far as I know the one and only "D-E....." registerd FK-12 Comet.







I'd like to thank Hans-Jurgen Hundhausen for his help with information about the unique special FK-12 Comet D-EZWO.

Italian FK-12 Comet

I'd like to thank Fausto Tongiorgi for providing information and the photo below of his FK-12 Comet - this is the only Comet I know about with an Italian ( I-....... ) registration.



The aircraft is c/n 66 has been built from a kit and took Fausto about 18 months to build. His Comet first flew in 2006 and is based at Pontedera near Pisa in the Tuscany region.

Fausto many thanks for your help - Grazie

Do you have "news" about your FK-12 Comet - please let me know and I will post it here in the FK-12 Blog - Thanks

FK-12 Comet new T Shirt design

New FK-12 Comet T Shirt

Hi Comet fans - I have produced a new T Shirt design featuring the FK 12 Comet - please take a look via the link below to view and order if you wish.

FK 12 Comet - T Shirt design - Click Here

FK-12 Comet OO-G20 - Happy new owners

OO-G20 awaiting the application of its new registration markings

FK-12 Comet c/n 59 was recently bought by new owners in Belgium.

This Comet was originally factory built by B&F and first flew in 2003 and became registered with the French Dept registration "59-CHP".

"59-CHP" operated from the airfield at Baisy-Thy ( EBBY ) in Belgium ( many French registered ultralight aircraft are based in Belgium ).

The new owners are Johan and Geert and the aircraft is now registered in Belgium as OO-G20 and has flown approx 215 hours to date. They intend to base the aircraft at Wevelgem ( EBKT ) from April 2009.



I asked them to tell me a little more about their new aircraft

""We are two pilots that fly most of the time together with our different aircrafts. We bought it for this reason : I told already that I also have the Eurofox and the Eurostar and I dreamt about the millennium aircraft but I think this will never be available as an ultralight. Plane , so I wanted something that was beautiful to see and that gave a really satisfaction in flying art . Combined with the big demanding of piloting skill to be able to fly the FK 12, I really fell in love with this plane.

Sitting backwards, right in the middle, it gives you the feeling that you are flying an old warbird built in the millennium !

It is a well manoeuvrable plane with high stability qualities and has the possibility to be flown with a closed or open canopy : great !

And last but not least : the plane has good looks ; I do not know any double wing ultralight that looks even beautiful and aggressive.""

Many Thanks to Johan and Geert for sharing this FK-12 news with us.

July 2009 - With thanks to Freddy Ceulemans I can now add a more recent photo showing OO-G20 with its registration letters applied.

FK-12 Comet - Accident Report crash 14.8.2008

Unfortunately I have to report another FK-12 accident report - this has been published in December 2008 by the German BFU authorities and related to FK-12 Comet c/n 042 - I believe this to be D-MQAX although I have no confirmation of this registration.


German BFU Accident Report - crash 14th August 2008 near Seligenstadt


Please Take Care - Fly Safely

B&F press release - September 2008

B&F press release announcing that production of the FK-12 Comet has been stopped in 9.08 and hopes to re-start in mid 2009 - more details in English and German on the link below


http://www.fk-leichtflugzeuge.de/Downloads/Info_Fk12_Comet_Fertigung2008.pdf



If you know any more about this please let us know - if you have taken delivery of an FK-12 Comet or an FK-12 Comet kit in 2008 please let me know - Thank You.

Accident Report - FK-12 Comet D-MOUT crashed 3.5.2008 - 3rd May 2008

A summary report into the fatal crash of FK-12 Comet D-MOUT has been published by the BFU authority in Germany - the report is written in the German language.

http://www.bfu-web.de/cln_005/nn_223970/DE/Publikationen/Untersuchungsberichte/2008/Bericht__08__3X029__UL-FK12-Leuthau,templateId=raw,property=publicationFile.pdf/Bericht_08_3X029_UL-FK12-Leuthau.pdf

Tankosh 2008

Fly In at Tankosh Germany 19th - 20th July 2008

I'd like to thank Freddy from Belgium for his report from this years "Tankosh" fly in - Unfortunately the number of visiting aircraft was reduced due to poor weather over much of Europe.

He saw 5 FK-12 Comets at Tankosh - D-MGFK, D-MIRK, D-MKKJ, D-MORE and D-MPHK.



Aircraft D-MKKJ is a new addition to the FK-12 Comet production listing ( see below ) and appears to be c/n 77 - thanks to Freddy for this photo