PIPISTREL

Mr Ivo Boscarol was born in 1956. He is a pilot and entrepreneur who laid the foundations for alternative flying in the home country and set the aviation standards on the global scale. He studied economy in Ljubljana in seventies, but he was attracted by aviation already in his youth, when he was engaged in sport flying and achieved many great successes, such as: 7 national champion titles in hang-glider and ultralight aircraft categories, 2 national speed records and 2 awards as Slovenian sportsman of the year. Boscarol registered Pipistrel as a trademark in 1987 and established the company in 1989, becoming the first private aircraft producer in the Balkans area. He made a crucial contribution to the establishment of a global aviation category "ultralight" by being the co-designer of many unique aircraft, among others: a line of world-class powered hang gliders, Taurus - world's first two seat side-by-side ultralight motor glider, Sinus - the aircraft for the World Champion crew of..

Also known as: Pipistrel d.o.o., Pipistrel Group, Pipistrel Italia s.r.l.

Primary location: Savogna D'isonzo (go) Italy