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Jabiru USA Sport Aircraft, LLC
2842 Highway 231 N
Shelbyville, TN 37160

Phone: (931) 680-2800
Fax: (931) 680-1817
Email: info@usjabiru.com

Tech Department Hours:
Monday-Friday 9AM-11AM
and Monday-Thursday 2PM-4PM

Factory Office Hours:
Monday-Thursday 9AM-12PM and 1PM-4:30PM
Friday 9AM-12PM

All Times are Central.

About Us

Jabiru USA Sport Aircraft, LLC is a family-owned and managed business. The company began as a Wisconsin-based Jabiru engine dealership in 2001. Pete Krotje and his son, Ben, desired a light weight, four-stroke, reliable power option for their Titan Tornados. They chose the Jabiru 2200. Ben and Pete helped many homebuilders with Jabiru engine conversions, became a Jabiru dealer, and soon had the largest Jabiru dealership in North America. They built several experimental amateur-built Jabiru aircraft, kitted by Jabiru Aircraft PTY LTD, and decided it would be a competitive answer to new demand for a high-performance Light-Sport Aircraft. While continuing development of firewall-forward kits for experimental amateur-built aircraft, they took on the new role of LSA manufacturer.

In 2004, the Krotje family moved the growing business to Shelbyville, Tennessee to take advantage of better climate, friendly community, and the lush, open environment around Bomar Field, a perfect place for flight testing new aircraft. Since the first J250-SP was delivered in 2005, over 100 Jabiru Special Light-Sport Aircraft have been built and flown in Shelbyville by the Krotjes and their team of highly-trained craftsmen and airframe & powerplant mechanics. Each aircraft is hand-built to order from Australian raw fiberglass airframe components over a period of about 850 man-hours. In addition to new aircraft construction, Jabiru USA offers full maintenance support for their aircraft and engine customers, including annual inspections, engine rebuilding, and Jabiru airframe repair facilities.

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