7 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. TL-96 STAR: Kacperro· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. TL Ultralight TL-96 Star AN1555595: Alan Lebeda· GFDL 1.2
- 3. TL Ultralight TL-96 Star AN1625483: Alan Lebeda· GFDL 1.2
- 4. TL Ultralight TL-96 Star AN1625618: Alan Lebeda· GFDL 1.2
- 5. TL Ultralight TL-96 Star AN1812449: Alan Lebeda· GFDL 1.2
- 6. TL Ultralight TL-96 Star Private D-MURG, EDRT Trier-Föhren, Germany PP1271607797: Peter Bakema· GFDL 1.2
- 7. TL Ultralight TL-96 Star, Private JP6830727: Peter Bakema· GFDL 1.2
what is it?
The TL Ultralight TL-96 Star is a single-engine, side-by-side configuration two seat ultralight, designed in the Czech Republic in the 1990s. More than 150 have been registered.
How to recognise it: 1 engine · low wing · 9.2 m wingspan
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 29 years ago, in 1997.
- Top speed is 2.0× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 9.2 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
- Range of 1,000 km: 6× Amsterdam to Brussels.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1997-11
- number built
- —
- role
- two side by side seat ultralight
- origin
- 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
- engines
- 1× Rotax 912 UL-DCDI
- length
- 6.5 m
- wingspan
- 9.2 m
- height
- 2.2 m
- max take-off weight
- 450 kg
- top speed
- 255 km/h
- cruise speed
- 220 km/h
- range
- 1,000 km
- wings
- low wing
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q608284, Wikipedia: TL Ultralight TL-96 Star (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.