Company starts up as an engineering workshop

Gliding is allowed again in Germany. We start developing safety devices for flight operations

Production of the 1st Tost nose release

Type examination of Tost weak links  The 1st Tost safety releases are produced in series Today, more than 70,000 Tost releases are in continuous operation all over the world

Start of the production of aircraft wheels: Landing wheels, shoe brake wheels and disk brake wheels for gliders, motor gliders and powered aircraft

Development and production of shoulder harness adjusting device for aircraft

1st Solo flight of Hans Jürgen Fenzl

Start of the development and production of rescue cages and rope down devices for securing helicopter rescue operation

Concentration on the core business with safety equipment, tow releases, aircraft wheels and brake systems

Production of own-brand aircraft tires:  TOST AERO 4.00-4, 260x85 and 200x50

Development of disk brake wheel conversion kits for retrofitting in gliders, motor gliders and powered aircraft

Tost production of the Tow Cable Retractor Winch with Guillotinge for tugs, power gliders and Ultralight aircraft

External rope down device for EC 135 helicopters

LBA Production organization LBA.G.0065

For helicopter task forces: 1-person rope down securing unit for mounting to airline profiles

Distributor for Condor Tires

Distributor for Michelin Aircraft Tires

LBA approval of our new small and light tow release E 22

EASA Production organization DE.G.0065

Expansion of the company premises and complete redesign of spaces

Tost weak links in optimized design

• Stahlbus Bleeder valve: Tost is exclusive distributor for the aviation industry
• Brass tail wheels as trim weights
• 2-part tail wheels Max II and Moritz II

• Design organization EASA.AP230
• EASA Maintenance organization DE.145.0411
• New wheel series 5" Penta and 4" Tria
• Landing wheels Mini 150 and Mini 180

65th company anniversary Hydraulic actuation for shoe brake wheels

• 6" disk brake wheel and landing wheel for Ultralight
• 6" disk brake wheel and landing wheel Penta

• Mini 180 disk brake wheel
• Mini 150 disk brake wheel
• Special 5"tire: 336-115-5 TOST AERO 10pr, for narrow landing gear spaces

• Landing wheel 150F foam-filled
• Landing wheel 180F foam-filled

We celebrate our 70th company anniversary

• Retrofit Tost brake hydraulic system with EASA approval
• Development of 5" Penta TL (tubeless) as landing wheel and disk brake wheel
• Approval of 6" Penta TL as landing wheel and disk brake wheel
• Extension of machinery by fully automated turning/milling centre

Development and production of 4" Landing wheel Tria TL (tubeless)

• ETSO approval of brake assembly BZT2
• Retrofit kit disk brake wheel for LS 4, with new pull-type master cylinder

Retrofitting of the BZT2 brake assembly in numerous glider/motorglider models from Schempp-Hirth and Schleicher with EASA approval

Barbara Dörflein ends her activity as managing director after 60 years!

Extension of the certification of the brake assembly BZT2 to motor gliders H36, HK36, Grob 109 and Speed Canard, as well as glider types ASK13, ASK21, DG500, DG1000, SZD54

• with  TN 02-2018

Expansion of our company premises, new office with a beautiful customer reception area directly at Thalkirchner Str. 62: Welcome!