TL Ultralight All-Access; a tour at their factory and a thorough inspection of my airplane - S02 E16

An unprecedented all-access factory tour at TL Ultralight, while my own TL-96 Star gets a thorough inspection and service at their maintenance hangar; almost sounds too good to be true, but that's what happened when I visited them at Hradec Králové Airport (LKHK)! See full description...

My airplane was built in 1999 and flew about 425 hours up until now, so she's more than two decades of age but doesn't have a lot of TTAF, nor has she ever been used for flight training. The low TTAF and known history of the plane was convincing enough for me to buy her one and a half year ago. However, that little hint of doubt of flying around with an over two decades old composite airplane has always been there.

What to do in doubt of your aircraft? Contact the manufacturer! That's what I did and TL Ultralight showed me what long-term service should look like with every company; they offered me a complete factory airframe inspection! The 'only thing' I had to do, was to fly my airplane over to their factory, situated at the airport of Hradec Králové in the Czech Republic (ICAO code: LKHK).

So now I suddenly had an extra reason to tick off that bucket list item, now combining the wish to visit the birth place of my airplane and give her a complete factory inspection. And what a trip this was! :)

This episode is the second of a three episode series, telling the complete story of the flights to and from the Czech Republic, the airframe inspection of my airplane and a factory tour with a unprecedented access to the facilities of TL Ultralight!

Watch the whole series here;

Episode 01: Flight to TL Ultralight
   • Taking my plane on a 465 NM trip to TL Ult...  

Episode 02: Factory tour and aircraft inspection
   • TL Ultralight All-Access; a tour at their ...  

Episode 03: Flight back to The Netherlands
   • Almost VMC minima while flying my airplane...  

Interested in TL Ultralight and their aircraft? Check out these links;

Website of TL Ultralight:
http://www.tl-ultralight.cz/en

TL Ultralight on YouTube:
   / tlultralight  

TL Ultralight on Facebook:
  / tlultralight  

TL Ultralight on Instagram:
  / tl_ultralight  

#tlultralight #factory #tour

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DISCLAIMER

Ever since I received my pilot license, I shared my passion for aviation with a lot (and I mean a lot!) of passengers! Because I enjoy sharing my aviation passion so much, I would like to share it with the rest of the world too! But since taking on 7 billion people as my passenger isn't really practical, sharing my passion via YouTube is... ;)

Where a lot of aviation channels on YouTube focus on General Aviation at the west side of the Atlantic, my channel focuses on Light Sport Aviation in Europe, primarily Holland and Germany. Light Sport Aircraft are also known as 'Microlight Aircraft' or 'Ultralight Aircraft'.

The reason I make these videos is to exchange aviation stories and learn and improve by sharing. And because I love to share!