Urban Air is an aircraft manufacturer based in the Czech Republic. The company is a manufacturer of light sport and ultralight aircraft and employs 40 people. The company was founded in 1998 by five partners. Their first prototype made its inaugural flight in May 1996 thus pre-dating the company by two years. It had been in the design and production stages since 1992 when Pavel Urban Karel Faltus and Ing. Miloš Mládek started design. They were also assisted by Schempp-Hirth.