Kandeaska Avionics S.A.

Kandeaska Avionics S.A. (Heltic: Kândeaska Avjonjcă S.A.), or simply Kandeaska Avionics, is a manufacturer of civilian.

Founded in 1988 by Kodruț Romanesku, Kandeaska Avionics is one of the Modrovia's premier civil aviation corporations. Best known for its cheap, rugged utility aircraft, the company has seen rapid growth and now employs 3,582 people (as of 2018). It produces and distributes the KDA-15, a popular light utility aircraft that helped propel the company to success. It is headquartered in the city of Karlovi, Modrovia with aircraft production centered in Orlobem.

History
Kodruț Romanesku was an aerospace engineer at Yunkar Aeronautjka S.A., another aircraft manufacturer in Modrovia. Having long built aircraft from kits in his garage, Kodrut wanted to have a simple, cheap, bare-bones aircraft that'd be easy for students to fly. With the aid of his son, Danjel Romanesku, the two set out, refining design after design and eventually founded Kândeaska Avjonjcă S.A. in 1988, looking to make a living off their hobby.

Their first production aircraft, the KDA-1, sold well enough to allow the the Romanesku family to acquire a 2,401 ft2 (223.06 m2) facility in Karlovi.

KDA-1
The KDA-1, released in 1989, was an extremely rugged aircraft with excellent low speed handling, short field performance, and good stall characteristics, making the perfect bush plane or student trainer. Powered by a weak but reliable 4-cylinder horizontally opposed air cooled engine developing 67 hp, it was able to take off in 115.6 m (379 ft). While only 253 of these were sold, today they are extremely popular for these very characteristics. The KDA-1, however, was able to allow the company to take off and explore further ventures.