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{{Short description|American aircraft manufacturer}}
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| name = Comp Air
| logo = Comp Air Aviation Logo.png
| type = [[Amateur-built aircraft|Kit plane manufacturing]]
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| founder = [[Ron Lueck]]
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| location_city = [[Titusville, Florida]]
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| key_people = President: [[Ron Lueck]]
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| location_country = [[United States]]
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| homepage = {{URL|http://www.compairaviation.com}}
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'''Comp Air Inc''', formerly known as '''Aerocomp Inc''', is an aircraft manufacturer based in [[Merritt Island, Florida]], owned by [[Ron Lueck]].<ref name="Aerocrafter">Purdy, Don: ''AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook'', pages 97-100. BAI Communications, 1998. {{ISBN|0-9636409-4-1}}</ref><ref name="KitplanesDec2007">Downey, Julia: ''2008 Kit Aircraft Directory'', Kitplanes, Volume 24, Number 12, December 2007, pages 46-47. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851</ref><ref name="WDLA15">Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: ''World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16'', pages 92. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. {{ISSN|1368-485X}}</ref>
The firm originally manufactured floats for [[seaplane]]s, using  [[composite material]]s. It later branched out into aircraft, marketing them in kit form for [[homebuilt aircraft|homebuilding]]. It now offers 3-10 place kit aircraft, with the latest developments being in the experimental Jet market. In [[2004 in aviation|2004]], the company test-flew its most ambitious project, a homebuilt jet aircraft, the [[Aerocomp Comp Air Jet]].<ref name="KitplanesDec2007" />
A wholly owned subsidiary, with partner Patrick Farrell, [[Forward.Vision]], manufactures [[FLIR|Infra-red viewing systems]] for aviation use.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.avweb.com/briefs/flir-certification-sought/|title= FLIR Certification Sought|access-date= May 10, 2022|author= Editorial Staff|work= AVweb|date= April 12, 2005|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220510115439/https://www.avweb.com/briefs/flir-certification-sought/|archive-date= May 10, 2022|url-status= live}}</ref>
==List of Aircraft==
*[[Blue Yonder Merlin|Aerocomp Merlin]] (1987) Single-engine two-seat high-wing ultralight aircraft. Built by Blue Yonder Aviation of [[Indus, Alberta]] and marketed by Comp Air as kit homebuilt (discontinued)<ref name="Aerocrafter" />
*[[Blue Yonder EZ Flyer|Aerocomp EZ Flyer]] (1997) Single-engine two-seat high-wing ultralight aircraft. Built by Blue Yonder Aviation of [[Indus, Alberta]] and marketed by Comp Air as kit homebuilt (discontinued)<ref name="Aerocrafter" />
*[[Comp Air 3]] (2002) Single-engine high-wing aircraft.  Development of Comp Air 4.  Marketed as kit homebuilt (discontinued)
*[[Comp Air 4]] Single-engine four-seat civil utility aircraft.  Marketed as kit homebuilt.<ref name="Aerocrafter" /><ref name="KitplanesDec2007" />
*[[Comp Air 6]] Single-engine six-seat high-wing civil utility aircraft.  Marketed as kit homebuilt.<ref name="Aerocrafter" /><ref name="KitplanesDec2007" />
*[[Comp Air 7]] Single-engine seven-seat high-wing turboprop engine aircraft.  Marketed as kit homebuilt.<ref name="KitplanesDec2007" />
*[[Comp Air 8]] Single-engine eight-seat high-wing turboprop engine aircraft (stretch version of Comp Air 7).  Marketed as kit homebuilt.<ref name="KitplanesDec2007" />
*[[Comp Air 9]] (2008) Single-engine six-seat high-wing turboprop engine aircraft. Marketed as kit homebuilt, but the company intends to produce a [[type certificate|certificated]] version.<ref name="AC9">{{cite web|url = http://www.aerocompinc.com/airplanes/ca9.htm|title = Comp Air 9|accessdate = 2008-12-28|last = Comp Air|authorlink = |year = 2006}}</ref>
*[[Comp Air 10]] Single-engine ten-seat high-wing turboprop engine aircraft (larger version of Comp Air 8).  Marketed as kit homebuilt.<ref name="KitplanesDec2007" />
*[[Comp Air 11]] (2009) Single-engine six-seat low-wing turboprop engine aircraft. Marketed as kit homebuilt, but the company intends to produce a [[type certificate|certificated]] version.<ref name="AC11">{{cite web|url = http://www.aerocompinc.com/airplanes/ca11.htm|title = Comp Air 11|accessdate = 2008-12-28|last = Comp Air|authorlink = |year = 2006}}</ref>
*[[Comp Air 12]] (2007) Single-engine low-wing turboprop engine, tricycle undercarriage.  Type certification being pursued; factory-built
*[[Comp Air Jet]] (2004) Single turbofan jet engine, eight-seat low-wing aircraft with tricycle undercarriage.  Marketed as kit homebuilt.<ref name="KitplanesDec2007" />
==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Comp Air}}
* {{Official website|http://www.compairaviation.com/}}
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[[Category:Aircraft manufacturers of the United States]]
[[Category:Companies based in Brevard County, Florida]]