Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Arctic Aircraft Arctic Tern (named after the bird) is a bush plane that was produced in small numbers in Alaska in the 1970s and 1980s. It is a strengthened and modernised version of the Interstate Cadet of the 1940s. It is a high-wing braced monoplane with fixed tailwheel undercarriage. It has two seats in tandem, with the rear seat ...
The Arctic Aircraft Company was founded in Anchorage, Alaska by Bill Diehl in 1975 to produce an updated version of the Interstate Cadet light aircraft as the Arctic Tern. In 1985, the company closed down, and rights to the aircraft went to the Interstate Aircraft Company.
I'm Bill Diehl's grandson. the dates the arctic turn was produced must be inaccurate as i was born in 1985 and recall spending many days in the back of the hangar from 85 through around 93 and there were definitely aircraft being build. during that time my step-father also worked for the company.
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
Danny Diehl, a longtime public information officer for the Mecklenburg County government and 16 years younger than Bill, said his last conversation with his brother occurred about six weeks back.
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
1.47 Arctic Aircraft. 1.48 ARDC. 1.49 Arey. 1.50 Argonaut. 1.51 Argus. ... Bill Diehl)) Arctic Aircraft Arctic Tern; ARDC (Aeronautical Research and Development ...
Diehl was also a successful photographer and journalist, when he began his novel-writing career at 50. His first novel, Sharky's Machine, was made into the 1981 film of the same name, directed by and starring Burt Reynolds. Diehl saw it being shot on location in and around his hometown of Atlanta, Georgia. It was the most successful box-office ...