17.09.08 - Roll Out – Finally it becomes reality. After almost two years of hard work, the SC07 Speed Cruiser will be presented to the public on 21st September, at 2.00 PM, in Oerlinghausen, Robert-Kronfeld Strasse 2. The whole team is happy to welcome you to this event.

First weighing showed an empty weight of 284kgs (including the rescue system and without tricks). This excellent weight was reached by using consequently light weight technology and high end products. After the roll-out you will find numerous pictures of the brand new Speed Cruiser in our gallery.

This November we should have the VVZ (Preliminary flight permission) in hand. Starting from that time, the Speed Cruiser may proof its skills in flight. In case you would like to visit us in Oerlinghausen, please do not hesitate to contact Mr. Ostermeier under: +49 5202 9247241 for making an appointment.

As mentioned earlier, we use exclusively high end products to reach this high quality and extremely low weight. For that reason we have to adapt our selling price starting from 2009. Benefit now from the current price level and order your SC07 Speed Cruiser until the end of this year. Like this you may enjoy the actual preferential price level. Please note, that this offer is only valid for a certain number of units till our capacity is used up.

13.02.08 - Seeking for new importer -Actually we are looking for new importer for several different European countries. If you are interested please don't hesitate to contact us under info@bot-aircraft.com.

08.01.08 - New Importer for Denmark - We are pleased to welcome the importer for Denmark. The new representative for all B.O.T. products is Dan Jensen, himself an enthusiastic pilot in the Eastjudland UL Flyer Club. The Danish UL rules are very restricted and severe. Actually we are working together with Dan on the SC07 Speed Cruiser to reach the Danish requirements. We keep you informed.
Jürgen Ostermeier finished the developments on the new engine mount and exhaust system, as well as on the new front gear. He also redesigned the cowling. Thibaud Berlinmont is actually producing the first pre-serial SC07, showing the new developments as well as a bigger wind shield.

04.06.07 - Established producer found - As mentioned earlier, our main goal is to produce a save and high quality aircraft. To reach this goal, it would have been a wrong way to install a new production site for the composite parts. For this reason we searched and finally found an experienced producer. This company is certified according to JAR21 and is specialised since more than 10 years in the production of composite aircraft. Thibaud Berlinmont, who is in charge of composite parts, will be more or less permanently at the producers factory in order to secure the quality. At same time he will work on future developments.
We are very happy to have such an experienced partner and are today much closer to our goal. The assembly, finish and delivery will still be made in Oerlinghausen under the control of Jürgen Ostermeier, who is actually working on the German certification, new slimmer cowling and new front gear.

01.06.07 - Tall people also like to fly - At the Aero 2007 we realized that it is most urgent to establish in Europe the new weight limits of 600kgs take off weight. With this new limits the very spacey cabin becomes more and more important. This kind of discussion is not new and we can hope to see some development within the next year. We were astonished to see a 2.08m tall visitor inspecting our SC07 Speed Cruiser and he finally took place in the cabin. The headroom left was 5-10cm, although we didn't change the seat position or the pedals. For taller or smaller pilots we will be pleased to adjust the seats according to the pilots requirement. In any case there is room enough.

26.04.07 - Aero 2007 in Friedrichshafen - The exhibition in Friedrichshafen came much too early for us. But as this fair is probably one of the most important in Europe, we had to be there, although the SC07 was not really ready to show.

Nevertheless, the interested pilots closed their eyes in regard of the unfinished details. The general feed back on the other side was great and very positive. The fact, that the SC07 is a high wing construction with cantilevered wings, makes it to be something very special anyway. But further the SC07 is very spacey, gives you a good view to all sides and is suitable for long distance flights. Last but not least, the SC07 can be used for pilot trainee, which guarantee any pilot a stress free flight, even if he is not a professional test pilot.

One of the most important steps in the future will be the German type certification. But we have to manage and to solve a few other points, as for example:

• We will change a few things at our engine to be able to redesign the cowling, in order to adapt it to the general line of the fuselage.
• The interior will be brought to the actual state of the art, but keeping a decoration with fibre or leather,
• We will work out with a new Plexiglas producer new windshields and windows,
• The doors will be redesigned completely and will get new locks and hinges.
• The roof will get a window, etc.

just to name a few of them.

Over all the Aero 2007 was successful, exhausting but also funny for us. We met surely a few of our future customers, and some others may have postponed the signing of a contract until they can see the results of our efforts, just to be sure to buy the right aircraft. Here we would like to thank all our visitors for their interest and are looking forward to seeing you at another fair.

01.03.07 - First of all, we would like to apologize for this long time of silence. You have certainly seen, that the name of the company as well as the name of our aircraft has been changed. To tell you straight away, a few importers became producers.

We, these are the former importers of Bilsam for Germany, France, Austria and Switzerland, joined our forces and founded the new company B.O.T. Aircraft Ltd. Our assignment is to develop and to produce the SC07, based on the well known Sky Cruiser, and to sell it world wide but with a concentration on Europe at first.

As we are all passionate pilots our target is to produce an aircraft which could satisfy our own very high demands. For this reason the SC07 should be:

• able to satisfy the very exigent European customer, especially in regard of the finish
• capable to fulfil all different rules and norms existing on the European market
• made in Germany
• without compromise in regard of the passive and active security
• attractive price-wise

For the time being we are preparing the last moulds and tools for the serial production. Actually we have 3 aircraft. The German one is used for the type registration process in Germany, which should be finished by mid 2007. The other 2 SC07, which are registered in France, are used for test flights and to present the SC07 at the air show in Friedrichshafen, the Aero 07, taking place from 19th till 22nd April. You are welcome to visit us at the stand 423 in the hall B3.