Ready To Enter Serial Production In Europe

At precisely 5:52 pm on October 11, 2019, the noise level suddenly dropped when, in one of the hangar buildings at Walter Extra’s aircraft factory, and after years of hard work, EASA's head of the general aviation department, Dominique Roland, passed the type certificate for the all-new Extra NG to an overjoyed Walter Extra.

At that moment, the latest model of one of the world’s most renowned aircraft designers and producers became fully type-certified and ready to enter serial production in Europe.

This handover was also remarkable as many insiders and fans of the aerobatic world will still vividly remember Dominique Roland and Walter Extra fighting out breathtaking duels for rank and honor at the world level in aerobatic competition.

This EASA type certificate for the Extra NG is not an extension of an already existing permit for an earlier Extra aircraft model, but a completely new certification for an all-new aircraft design.

The Extra NG will open your eyes to a whole new dimension of aerobatic aircraft featuring an all-carbon rigid base frame, a first in aerobatic aviation history. The Extra NG truly represents a quantum leap forward by offering its owners and pilots not just a stunningly beautiful silhouette, but also an ergonomically advanced cockpit combined with unparalleled and even more enhanced aircraft performance, which – against the background of Extra’s already immensely successful earlier models – really sets standards for the significance of this statement.

Following the official handover of the type certificate, the flight performance of the Extra NG was aptly demonstrated to the assembled guests by the French ex-Armée de l’Air pilot and aerobatic world champion, Francois Rallet. Despite suboptimal flying weather conditions, he still put the NG through its paces in an impressive flight display.

This performance has already begun to convince the clientele of Walter Extra since 15 of the +10g /-10g certified new aircraft have already been entered into the order books of the most successful aircraft manufacturer in German post-war history at a price of $460K each. Walter Extra says this aircraft is more than worth it.

(Images provided with Extra Aircraft Company news release)

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