ellipse certified in the UK

Over the past several long months, we’ve been working on certifying our Ellipse for the UK market. And what a journey it has been.

It started with production certification, continued through airworthiness validation, and eventually led us to make several design improvements to the aircraft itself. And because we don’t want everything we learned to stay locked inside a certification folder, many of these improvements will soon become part of our standard production airplanes.

For example:

• STALL warning integrated directly into KANARDIA avionics (thanks, Aleš and Rok — great support)
• automatic landing trim adjustment based on flap position
• and many other small details that may not be immediately visible, but make the aircraft safer, smarter, and simply better to fly.

The whole process was a long road. And as with every meaningful journey, you look forward to reaching the destination — but along the way, you begin to realize that the most important part is the people you meet. Every conversation, every challenge, every shared experience moves you forward.

For us, it all started with Nick, our UK partner, who believed in the project from day one.
Thank you, Nick, for your enthusiasm and for believing that what we do truly makes sense.

Then came Robb Mott, enthusiast and representative of the British Microlight Aircraft Association, who helped, explained, and often found solutions where we only saw another form to fill in.
Thanks, Rob — your last-minute help with the set of forms that I initially hated so much was hugely appreciated.

A huge thank you also goes to Dr. Paul Welsh, who reviewed the entire documentation with incredible precision. Not a single detail escaped his attention. And perhaps even more importantly, every correction or improvement we had to make was communicated with such professionalism and elegance that somehow, we never really minded doing it.

That ability to tell someone “this is all wrong” — and still make them smile and say thank you for it — is probably something only the British can truly master.

And finally, Dan Griffith — a legendary pilot who evaluated the Ellipse in the air, kept the entire process together with his firm, perfectly British-calibrated hand, and helped improve not only the certification itself, but the aircraft as a whole.
Thanks a lot, Dan — those were a great couple of days.

Thank you to everyone involved.

Because certification is never just about paperwork.
It’s about people.