Robin HR200 and R2000 series

The Robin HR200 and R2000 series are French all-metal two-seat training and general aviation aircraft designed by Christophe Heintz for Avions Robin, a counterpart to the wooden Jodel-derived designs of Jean Délémontez. The HR200 prototype first flew on 19 July 1971 and entered production in 1973. The R2000 Alpha shared the HR200 fuselage but had all new wing and tail surfaces to allow aerobatics, first flew on 15 January 1976 and was built from 1977 to 1983, with side-by-side seating and an unusually large payload for an aerobatic aircraft. Apex Aircraft returned the R2160 to production in 1994, stressed to +6/-3 g with a maximum takeoff mass of 900 kg. In 2004 Alpha Aviation of New Zealand bought the production rights to both series and built the Alpha 2000 from 2006 until its liquidation in January 2008, and CEAPR regained the spare parts approval in 2017.