Kolb Aircraft Company

Initially located in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania the company marketed a wide range of kit aircraft and achieved considerable commercial success, delivering over 3000 aircraft.

[1][2][7] In 1999 the company was sold to a group of investors, moved to London, Kentucky and renamed The New Kolb Aircraft Company.

[1][3][7] The new company introduced a powered parachute model for a short time, the Kolb Flyer Powered Parachute.

[8] In 2003 New Kolb Aircraft introduced the Canadian-designed Ultravia Pelican Sport 600 into the US market in partnership with Ultravia Aero from Canada and Brazil's Flyer Indústria Aeronáutica.

The company then improved and developed the Pelican into the Kolb Flyer Super Sport.