Sinus 
Virus 
Virus SW 
Taurus Electro 
Taurus 
Apis/Bee 
Panthera 
Spider 
Twister 
LN 
Bam 
Vario 
Important events, achievments and other noteworthy items concerning our aircraft - extreme flights, media appearances, awards, etc.
In 2001, the French pilot Phillipe Zen and his co-pilot Thomas Knowles competed at World Air Games in Spain with the Pipistrel Sinus aircraft - and won!
In 2005 the same team achived another great success with the 2. place at the world championship.
You can read more about this HERE.
Many long-distance flights have been performed with our aircraft, among them the record-breaking flight around the world (Slovene pilot Matevž lenarčič was the first person ever to complete such a flight in an ultralight aeroplane - Pipistrel Sinus).
Read more about these amazing adventures HERE.
Taurus Electro is the the idea of noiseless, zero-pollution future of flight that came true - today!
Read more about this amazing aircraft in the following news articles:
Taurus Electro is flying!
Video of Taurus Electro in flight
First release (December 2007): Taurus Electro - First announcement
Taurus Electro was chosen as one of the top innovations of 2008 by the influential American magazine Popular Science!
Read more about this HERE.
Modified Pipistrel aircraft "Virus" won the NASA centennial challenge two years in a row!
From the experience gained in these two challenges, we developed the Virus SW (Short Wing), which is now in searial production. Yes, you can buy the double NASA winner!
Read more about these two challenges:
PAV challenge 2007 - CLICK HERE and HERE
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GAT challenge 2008 click HERE
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in 2011 Pipistrel Taurus G4 won the NASA Challenge for the third time.
More about this here: http://www.pipistrel.si/news/pipistrel-won-the-nasa-green-flight-challenge-for-the-third-
To make green, environment-friendly aircraft, you have to start by building them in an ecological building!
In the spirit of our ECOlution campaign, Pipistrel operates in the most environmentally building in the entire country! When it was completed, the building was covered with the largest solar power plant in Slovenia.
Read all about our ECOlution campaign and the new building HERE.
Ivo Boscarol, the general manager of Pipistrel d.o.o Ajdovščina, received theFAI Paul Tissandier diploma for outstanding contribution to sports aviation.
Read more about this HERE.
Pipistrel's general manager, Ivo Boscarol, was chosen as the only representative from Slovenia to feature in European SME Week's promotional video and publication.
Read more about it HERE.
The Aviation and Aerospace Examiner - the nationwide edition - by the Examiner.com, names the Sinus “Aviation and Aerospace Examiner’s Best of the Best 2010” editor’s choice for the motor-glider category.
Read more about this HERE.
Pipistrel d.o.o. Ajdovščina has been selected as a recipient of one of the ten prestigious Ruban d’Honneur awards for The UKTI Award for Innovation in The 2010 European Business Awards, after being chosen as a Country representative at the same competition.
Read more about it HERE.
NEW! Pipistrel is the final winner of the UKTI award for Innovation category at the EUROPEAN BUSINESS AWARD! Read more about this HERE.
Pipistrel d.o.o. Ajdovščina received many awards for Innovation and Design, among them:
the award of the Slovenian Forum of Innovation(read more about it HERE),
Award of the Slovenian Month of Design (HERE) and
the gold medal at the Biennial of Industrial Design (HERE).
Pipistrel Taurus Electro won the Lindberg Prize 2011 in the category Best Electric Aircraft
Read more about this HERE.
Certificate for Excellent Small & Medium Enterprises
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