Stewart Aircraft Corporation

Stewart Aircraft Corporation
Type Private company
Industry Aerospace
Founded 1961
Founder(s) Don Stewart
Headquarters Vulcan, Michigan, United States of America
Key people Donald Stewart
Products Kit aircraft
Website www.stewartaircraft.com

Stewart Aircraft Corporation is an American aircraft manufacturer specializing in aircraft kits and plans.[1] Don Stewart, a former airline pilot, designed several aircraft that are sold by the company.[2] The company's first product, the Headwind, was one of the earliest examples of a homebuilt aircraft designed to use an air-cooled Volkswagen automotive engine with a patented gear reduction unit for the propeller.[3]

Aircraft

Summary of aircraft built by Stewart Aircraft Corporation
Model name First flight Type
Stewart Headwind 1961 Single place highwing homebuilt aircraft
Stewart Foo Fighter 1967 Single place biplane homebuilt aircraft

References

  1. ^ "Stewart Headwind Corporation". http://www.stewartaircraft.com/main.html. Retrieved 2 December 2010. 
  2. ^ Homebuilt aircraft. 
  3. ^ "21 Aircraft you can build". Popular Science. January 1981. 
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