Formed about 1988, the company specialized in the design and manufacture of light aircraft in the form of kits for amateur construction, including for the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles rules.
[1][2][3] Capella produced a number of aircraft designs, all of a strut-braced, high wing configuration.
The first series were all enclosed cockpit designs, starting with the Capella SS, a single seat model introduced in 1988.
In 1990 the Capella XS two-seat conventional landing gear model followed, along with a tricycle gear model, the Capella XLS.
[1][2][3] In 1998 the open cockpit single-seat Capella Javelin I was introduced as a FAR 103 ultralight.