Private company

Extra Aircraft

Logo: extraaircraft.com3

German aircraft manufacturer established 1980

The Extra Aircraft company was established in 1980 as Extra Flugzeugbau in Germany by Walter Extra, an aerobatic pilot, to design and develop his own aerobatic aircraft. The company is located at Dinslaken airfield in Hünxe, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Worldwide production of aircraft is about three units per month with a six-month backlog.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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The Extra Aircraft company was established in 1980 as Extra Flugzeugbau in Germany by Walter Extra, an aerobatic pilot, to design and develop his own aerobatic aircraft. The company is located at Dinslaken airfield in Hünxe, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Worldwide production of aircraft is about three units per month with a six-month backlog.2

Products and brands

  • list of aerobatic aircraft

Listed on Wikidata.1

Aerobatic

Extra EA-200 aerobatic trainer

Extra EA-230 "Laser" - wooden-winged aerobatic aircraft

Extra EA-260

Extra EA-300 two-seat aerobatic aircraft with composite fuselage over steel-frame construction

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Extra EA-330

Extra NG

Tourers

Extra EA-330-LT low-wing variant

Extra EA-400

Extra EA-500

From Wikipedia’s article on Extra Aircraft, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Timeline

  1. 1980Founded Founded1

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