Fly SynthesisThree decades of carbon-fiber aircraft from the Risano airfi

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The Fly Synthesis range: Texan, Storch, Syncro, Catalina NG and Wallaby — and the story of the company behind them.

Fly Synthesis: three decades of carbon-fiber ultralights from Friuli
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Fly Synthesis: three decades of carbon-fiber ultralights from Friuli

From a World War I airfield at Risano to a Guinness record over the Dead Sea: the story of the Italian factory that bet everything on composite construction.

Fly Synthesis model range: Syncro, Texan, Storch, Catalina NG and Wallaby compared
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Fly Synthesis model range: Syncro, Texan, Storch, Catalina NG and Wallaby compared

Five families, one philosophy: how the composite range stacks up, with factory data for the flagship Syncro and the amphibious Catalina NG.

Texan: the low-wing composite that made Fly Synthesis famous
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Texan: the low-wing composite that made Fly Synthesis famous

Club, 600, Top Class and RG: wide cabin, blown flaps and a roll-bar in the canopy — inside the Texan formula that set a world record below sea level.

Storch CL, HS and S: the short-field classic that flies anywhere
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Storch CL, HS and S: the short-field classic that flies anywhere

Gull-wing doors, full-span flaperons and an amphibian version with a seaplane trophy: how the high-wing Storch earned its name.