FK-12 Comet at Baialupo in Italy

Another Comet arrives in Italy - I would like to thank Claudio for the news about his new FK-12 Comet registration I-A363.

The aircraft is based at the airfield of Baialupo just to the north of Cassano d'Adda not far from Milan, Italy.


For more information about the airfield at Baialupo please visit their website below

http://www.baialupo.com/web/



Steve

Comet Race complete in Italy - July 2010

The painting of FK-12 Comet # 085 is now complete. This aircraft is the first to be painted in the "Comet Race" colour scheme designed by Aircraft Studio Design and Aviema of Italy.

The finished aircraft looks fantastic.

A second FK-12 Comet will be painted in an orange/blue "Comet Race" colour scheme later in 2010


LINK to Aviema - B&F FK agent in Italy below

http://www.aviema.it/home.html

LINK to Aircraft Studio Design below

http://www.aircraftstudiodesign.com/new/eng/index.php


Steve

"Comet Angel" D-MEJH visits the UK

Every summer the superb Flying Legends warbird display at Duxford, UK  attracts visiting aircraft and pilots from Europe. Many of these land at the nearby airfield of Fowlmere.

This year among the visitors to Fowlmere was FK-12 Comet D-MEJH c/n 70.  I'd like to thank Ken Ede for supplying the photo below - note that this Comet now has female artwork and a name "Comet Angel" just behind the cockpit.

UPDATE - August 2010 - Hans-Peter the owner of Comet D-MEJH has sent this close up photo showing the "Comet Angel" artwork on his FK-12 - many thanks

Steve

Accident - Comet F-JZKB

On 2nd July 2010 French FK-12 Comet F-JZKB c/n 74 was destroyed in a fatal accident just after take off from the airfield at Errouville in the Department of Meurthe-et-Moselle ( Dept 54 ) in north eastern France.

The two occupants were sadly killed.

My condolences to the family and friends of the occupants.

More information via the WWW link below

http://www.republicain-lorrain.fr/fr/GRDC_URWeb_Detail.aspx?iCategorieRedactionnelle=79&iURWeb=3425577


Steve

USA - FK-12 Comet coming soon

Hansen Air Group of Kennesaw, Georgia have a new FK-12 Comet on order for delivery later in 2010.

The aircraft will operate as a demonstrator aimed at the Special Light Sport Aircraft ( SLSA ) market sector. Ultimately they plan to operate this aircraft fitted with the new Lycoming LSA engine.

For more information contact Air Hansen Group via

http://www.hansenairgroup.com/index.html


This will be the second FK-12 Comet in the USA - the first being N5102J c/n 064 which was delivered in 2006.


Steve

Comet in Italy

News from Italy.

FK-12 Comet c/n 085 has now arrived in Italy. This aircraft is painted white and yellow. The full final artwork has still to be applied - the photo below shows c/n 085 at Ozzano, Italy.

This Comet will eventually receive the "Comet Race" colour scheme shown below - this artwork has been designed by Aircraft Studio Design of Italy.

NOTE - the design for this Comet colour scheme and artwork belongs to Aircraft Studio Design and Aviema ( the FK-12 Comet agent in Italy ).   Please contact them directly for more information - thank you.

LINK to Aviema - B&F FK agent in Italy below

http://www.aviema.it/home.html

LINK to Aircraft Studio Design below

http://www.aircraftstudiodesign.com/new/eng/index.php



Thanks to Luigi and Giovanni for this news.


Steve

New French Comet seen at Coulommiers - Voisins

Seen recently at Coulommiers - Voisins airfield near Paris, France was a FK-12 Comet with the French registration 77-APO, this is a new registration for my FK-12 historical data.

Je serais très intéressé d'entendre d'un des pilotes français et les propriétaires de la FK-12 Comète - s'il vous plaît envoyez-moi un e-mail - Je vous remercie.


The aircraft was blue and yellow - this aircraft may be previously have been French 17-RB.

If you have more information about Comet 77-APO or a jpeg photo then please do let me know - thank you.

Thanks to Paul Carr.

Steve

Comet D-MOVE "moves" to France

FK-12 Comet D-MOVE has recently been sold to a new owner in France. This Comet is c/n 43 and was built in 2001.  The aircraft was painted all yellow with a black "12" logo when operating as D-MOVE.


See Photo of D-MOVE in 2009

If you can help me with details of the new French Dept registration for this aircraft or a jpeg photo of it in France then please contact me - thank you.

Email Steve

Thanks to Ken Ede.


Steve

FK-12 Comet c/n 2 D-MVML

I would like to thank pilot and owner Johannes Seidl for the following information about the history of his Comet D-MVML c/n 2 ( who can tell me please the fate of Comet c/n 1 D-MPLI ?? )

D-MVML started life as a B&F factory supplied kit - the kit was built in 1998 and was fully assembled by 1999. The first flight of this aircraft took place in May 2000 at Dankern.

Johannes bought the Comet secondhand in 2006 from a flight training school - at the time of purchase this aircraft had some minor damage to the wing tips and the bottom of the rudder. He decided to install a new Jabiru 3330 engine into the airframe and also replaced the undercarriage with a wider span undercarriage supplied by the aircraft manufacturing firm Extra. Test flying started in May 2007.

Johannes had the aircraft completely overhauled by B&F Protech at Krosno in Poland between November 2008 and April 2009 - the photo below shows the aircraft after the overhaul with the Jabiru engine and wider undercarriage span. 

So far this aircraft has now flown approximatley 250 flight hours with almost 100 flight hours on the Jabiru engine. The aircraft operates from an airfield near Cologne.

Johannes says   " The Jabiru is a fantastic engine with the characteristics and sound of a "big" biplane. The torque is very high and the rpm is much lower than a Rotax. Cruising with 2600 Rpm is very relaxed flying (About 98 kt/ 18L per minute fuelconsumption). "

A new more aerodynamic cockpit windscreen will be fitted later in 2010.


D-MVML features in the Youtube video link below

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpIa25IyIoI&feature=related


Thanks Johannes for sharing the life story of your FK-12 Comet.


Steve

Swiss FK-12 Comet Project c/n 82

I'd like to thank Urs Spuler of Switzerland for providing news about FK-12 Comet c/n 82.

Urs took delivery of this FK-12 Comet factory supplied kit aircraft in summer 2007 - the photo below shows the fuselage frame of Comet c/n 82 on the roof of his car at the FK Protech production facility at Krosno, Poland ready to start the journey home to Switzerland.

Urs is building his Comet in the garage of his home and he is hoping to have it ready to fly by 2012.

This will be the first Comet in Switzerland.


More details about this Comet kit aircraft project can be found via the links below


Photo Report Page 1

Photo Report Page 2

Photo Report Page 3

 

Good luck with the project Urs and I look forward to seeing more photos in the future.


Steve

FK-12 Comet - c/n 8

I understand that FK-12 Comet c/n 8 has recently been sold on to a new owner near Paris, France.

This Comet was previously based near La Rochelle, France in Dept 17 as "17-RB" painted in a yellow and blue colour scheme and carried the name "Angels' Spirit".

Photo Link to "17-RB" as "Angel's Spirit"

If you can help with the new French Dept registration / ID for this aircraft please let me know -  Thank you.



Steve

Request for your help- can you help ?

Can you help to complete the missing details in the FK-12 Comet production list shown on this Blog ?

I would be very pleased to learn more about the following FK-12 Comets

Construction Number / Werknummer

3

11

13

28

68

71


78

80

81


I am sure that some of the above aircraft will be related to the following aircraft registration - these are FK-12 Comet aircraft that have flown over recent years but for which I do not know the construction number / werknummer - can you help provide the c/n of the following Comets please ?

French 25-UA

French 28-BI
French 29-UT

French 34-ZJ
French 73-KD
French 74-RI
French 77-ALK


German D-MQAX
German D-MICI

 All help welcomed - Thank you

Steve in UK

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

Jean-Pierre flies his FK-12 Comet to Morocco

Morocco - The view from the cockpit

Jean-Pierre has sent me a great news story - he has just returned from an Air Rallye tour flying from France to Morocco via Spain. For the expedition he flew in his yellow FK-12 Comet c/s F-JFKR flying 45 flight hours over a two week period.

FK-12 Comet F-JFKR in Morocco 2010


Jean-Pierre says "My route was Vendee - Biarritz LFBZ then in Spain : Lumbier (ULM site near Pamplona), Casarrubios del Monte LEMT near Madrid, Medina Sidonia in Andalusia (Customs facilities) and then in Morocco : Tanger, Casablanca Tit Mellil and Essaouira, beginning of the Rally.

No problem with dust (I brought a new air filter just in case) nor hot weather : March is a good timing. We had to be carefull about some runway conditions (gravel...) as we landed in the middle of nowhere, on some strips in the country not available outside the Rally. And also with some wind conditions : 25 knots crosswind at Tantan in the south (I landed on the taxiway... into the wind) for example, and also at Tanger and Casarrubios on the way back. As you know, the FK12 is not the best aeroplane for strong crosswind...

I had no problem at all with F-JFKR. I had just performed a 50 hours inspection before departure and now I have the 100 hours inspection to do ! F-JFKR has 2 wing tanks which add 30 liters more of mogas and I flew at 4.300 rpm at 150 kms/h and less than 13 liters per hour. ""




More details via the link below ( French language )

http://www.grandsudevasion.com/



Congratulations to Jean-Pierre for this great flight

Steve

FK-12 Comet with EPAPOWER engine

Giovanni in Italy tells me that he is very excited about his new build FK-12 Comet which he hopes to receive in May 2010.

The aircraft is current under final assembly and will be fitted with an uprated Rotax engine modified by EPAPOWER of Italy - the engine will feature 1,500 cc with electronic injection giving approx 120 HP for take off and 100 HP in flight.

The aircraft will be based at a small airfield near Saronno in the Lombardy region of Italy.



Visit the EPAPOWER website via the link below


http://www.epapower.com/website/index.php/sportaviodivision


With thanks to Giovanni for this FK-12 news story.


Steve

FK-12 Comet Special Edition - magazine report

The German magazine " Flugel Das Magazin " has published a short report on the new FK-12 Comet Special Edition - a copy of the magazine report in German can be seen on the FK Lightplanes website via the link below.


http://www.fk-leichtflugzeuge.de/Downloads/Fluegel_1_2010_CometSL.pdf





Steve

FK - New agent dealer in Spain - Espana

FK have appointed a new agent in Spain for the FK-12 Comet, FK-9 and FK-14 called Air Marugan - FK Spain


The link below will take you to their new website for Spain - Espana


http://www.fkspain.com/



Steve

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

Comet Special Edition - First Flight !

Good News - The prototype FK-12 Comet Special Edition aircraft made it first flight on 12th February 2010 at Speyer airfield in Germany as F-JRLQ - the test pilot was Hans Peter Horle.


Please see the link below for more details of this first flight from FK Lightplanes


http://www.fk-leichtflugzeuge.de/Downloads/CometSL_project_update_Feb2010.pdf



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

FK-12 Comet Special Edition - A New Comet

B&F working with G2B Consulting are currently building a batch of 10 Special Edition Comets.

The FK-12 Comet Special Edition will feature,


A Rear Wingspar made of Carbon Fibre for increased strength

Revised Tailplane Shape

New Aileron Design

New Streamlined Canopy

A Widened Main Undercarriage

High Quality Cockpit Interior

Optional Smoke System

Special Edition Paint Colour Scheme

This photo shows the new Carbon Fibre rear wingspar on the FK-12 Comet Special Edition

The first FK-12 Comet Special Edition is due to be rolled out at Speyer, Germany on 18th December 2009.


For more details please contact


info@fk-leichtflugzeuge.de

or visit

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

or visit

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.

Bullingen Fly In - Comet gathering

The "Fly - In" at Bullingen airfield in Belgium was held over the weekend of the 1st & 2nd of August 2009.

It attracted at least 14 different FK-12 Comet aircraft - a fantastic gathering of Comets and all in beautiful summer sunshine too.

D-MSLK and OO-F77

I'd like to thank Freddy Ceulemans and Leo Kraus for this report and photos from 1st August - many thanks.

The FK-12 Comets at Bullingen ( EBBN ) were

OO-F77 ( Belgian )
F-JWXP ( French )

plus a large number from Germany

D-MEJH
D-MFKD
D-MLWM
D-MOJE
D-MOVE
D-MPHK
D-MSLK
D-MSSS
D-MVCW
D-MVML
D-MWEW
D-MYLG


The following photos from Bullingen have been kindly supplied by Freddy Ceulemans.

F-JWXP - a "new" Comet - I think this is c/n 9 the former D-MRKL

D-MYLG c/n 10

D-MSLK c/n 21 wears a "Swiss Bucker" type colour scheme

D-MVML - c/n 2 an early historic Comet

D-MOVE arriving at Bullingen

D-MOJE c/n 4 another veteran Comet painted in a pre WW2 USAAC type colour scheme

Video of Comets at Bullingen - includes some Comet "formation" flying too

German FK-12 Comet D-MOJE

Thanks to Chris Vaughan for supplying this recent image of FK-12 Comet D-MOJE suspended from the hanger roof at Thalmassing-Waizenhofen airfield ( EDPW ) in the Bayern region of southern Germany taken in July 2009.

This aircraft is c/n ( werknummer ) 4 and was built in 1998 - it is painted in blue and yellow colour scheme with a red and white rudder to look like a 1930s USAAC type trainer aircraft.

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.

"Fly - In" at Büllingen ( EBBN ) in Belgium 1st and 2nd August 2009

FK-12 owner and pilot Leo Kraus ( D-MSLK ) invites fellow FK-12 pilots to visit the "Fly - In" at Bullingen airfield on the 1st & 2nd of August 2009

The airfield is in the West of Belgium in the province of Liege not far from the German border.




More details about the "Fly -In" can be found at the following website

http://www.feuervogel.be/index.html

If you do fly your Comet to this "Fly- In" please send me a short report with photos of the FK-12 Comets - Many Thanks

Tannheim - Tannkosh 2009

The big Fly In at Tannheim Germany took place in July 2009 - this years Tannkosh event attracted several FK-12 Comets including D-MUZZ which is a new addition to the FK-12 Fleet List.

Visiting were,

D-EZWO - the unique "E" reg Wankel Comet
D-MGFK
D-MOXL
D-MPHK
D-MSSS
D-MUZZ
D-MVCW
D-MWWE


D-EZWO - Wankel Rotary engine



D-MOXL at Tankosh


D-MPHK

D-MUZZ - believed to be c/n 056

D-MVCW under storm clouds at Tankosh 2009

As you can see from the photos the weather was not good - cold wet and windy over the weekend.

LINK to official TANNKOSH 2009 website


Many thanks to Freddy Ceulemans, Nigel Hitchman, Ray Fitton and Chris Vaughan for sending in these details and the above photos.

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.

New FK-12 Comet at Aero 2009 - D-MVCW

Good to see that FK Lightplanes displayed new build FK-12 Comet D-MVCW at Friedrichshafen Aero 2009 last week.


See photo of D-MVCW on display at the trade show - click here


This is a new build aircraft with construction number 083 - the newest Comet I know of. With thanks to FK-Lightplanes for this information.

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

Happy Christmas to all fans of the FK-12 Comet

I hope you have a wonderful Xmas and best wishes to you all in 2009

If you have "news" about your Fk-12 Comet then please let me know and I will post it here

Kind Regards

Steve in UK

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

FK-12 Comet - Can you help ?

I am trying to identify the construction number of a French FK-12 Comet - I have been in contact with the owner and he has identified this aircraft as having had three previous French registrations.

The aircraft was built in 1997/98 and is believed to have been the first FK-12 Comet sold in France - the registrations are

1) 28-BI - the aircraft was painted silver

2) 73-KD - the aircraft was painted silver with lots of advertising text - See Link B for photo

3) 77-ALK - the aircraft was re-painted light blue and yellow

4) 25-UA - the aircraft is still light blue and yellow


Here it is airborne over the Besançon region - thanks to C Alabouvette



My guess is that this aircraft is c/n 3 or maybe c/n 11 or c/n 13 - can you help resolve this query please ?

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

FK-12 Comet French "17-FK" - help please

Hi

A "new" Comet was seen at Hannut in Belgium in 6.08 - this wears French registration "17-FK" - the Comet is yellow and wears "ULM Oleronais" titles - I have not heard of this FK-12 before.

Who can tell me the construction number ( c/n ) of this aircraft please ?

With thanks to Ken Ede for this report.

UPDATE #1 28.7.08 - ANSWER - I've been told that this aircraft is c/n 57 - Thanks to Christian in France

UPDATE #2 6.10.08 - Thanks to Freddy Ceulemans in Belgium for the news that this FK-12 Comet has now been registered on the Belgian aircraft register as OO-G12

New - FK-12 Comet Forum

Hi,

I have had several requests from FK-12 pilots and owners to set up a FK-12 Comet Forum, to share and exchange information about this aircraft.

The current topic is about changing the regulator - please join in to learn more.

If you are interested in joining then please visit for more details

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FK12Comet/

Thanks

FK-12 Comet c/n 8 - new owner

I'd like to thank Oliver Riche in France for telling me that he bought Comet c/n 8 in early 2008 - this aircraft was previously D-MRDM and is now registered in France, Dept 17 as 17-RB with a radio callsign of F-JXRK - He has named his aircraft "Angel's Spirit"








Thanks Oliver for providing this news update about FK-12 Comet c/n 8 - the picture above shows a happy Oliver flying over his Comet