Andrej Kvas (sometimes referred to as Ondrej Kvas, Hungarian: Kvasz András) was a Slovak and Hungarian pilot, aircraft designer and pioneer of aviation in Hungary. He was born to a family of Lowland Slovaks from Békéscsaba. Following his father's example, he trained as a blacksmith. He and his brother opened a bicycle and motorcycle repair shop in Budapest, and at the same time he began experimenting with flying. In 1908, he was approached by the wealthy Hungarian engineer Aladár Koch-Zsélyi with an offer to design an aircraft according to his plans. Thanks to the support of Koch's parents, they were able to build the aircraft in a larger, rented hangar, instead of a small workshop of Kvas brothers. At the same time they were building the aircraft, famous Frenchman Louis Blériot was doing