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1987. First flight. 1986. The Aviat Husky is a tandem two-seat, high-wing, utility light aircraft built by Aviat Aircraft of Afton, Wyoming. [2] It is the only all-new light aircraft that was designed and entered series production in the United States in the mid-to-late 1980s. [2]
The Eagle II is a small aircraft of conventional configuration with single-bay, equal-span staggered biplane wings braced with streamlined flying and landing wires and an I-strut to form a box truss. The pilot and a single passenger sit in tandem underneath a large bubble canopy. The tailwheel undercarriage is fixed, with the mainwheels mounted ...
[4] [5] The company then designed and manufactured the Christen Husky A-1 utility aircraft. In 1990, the company was the subject of a lawsuit claiming that the design of their aircraft was responsible for the death of a pilot. [6] Christen Industries was, in turn, bought by Aviat Aircraft, Inc. in 1991, who continued both product lines. [7] [8]
Aviat Aircraft Cessna 152. The company was founded in 1991 based on the history of the Call Aircraft Company and the product lines of the Pitts and Christen companies. [2][3] In 1995, the company was purchased by Stuart Horn and renamed Aviat Aircraft Incorporated. [4][5] In 1999, Aviat purchased the rights to the Globe Swift with the intent on ...
Currie Wot (Homebuilt - 1937) De Havilland Tiger Moth (1931) de Havilland Sea Venom. de Havilland Sea Vixen (operated by Simon's Sircus) (1951) FLS Sprint (1983) Folland Gnat (operated by the Yellowjacks and the Red Arrows) (1955) Hawker Hunter (operated by the Black Arrows) (1951) Hunting Percival Jet Provost (operated by the Red Pelicans) (1954)
Pitts S-2B. Pitts S-1E. Pitts S-1T. Pitts Special in flight. The Pitts Special (company designations S-1 and S-2) is a series of light aerobatic biplanes designed by Curtis Pitts. It has accumulated many competition wins since its first flight in 1944. The Pitts biplanes dominated world aerobatic competition in the 1960s and 1970s and, even ...
Hush kit for the Pratt and Whitney JT8D-1 through -17 engines Two JT4As installed on a KLM DC-8. A hush kit is an aerodynamic device used to help reduce the noise produced by older aircraft jet engines. These devices are typically installed on older turbojet and low-bypass turbofan engines, as they are much louder than later high-bypass ...
Developed from. Eipper Quicksilver. Variants. Advanced Aviation Cobra. The Advanced Aviation Husky, Hi-Nuski and Coyote are a family of American ultralight aircraft that was designed and produced by Advanced Aviation. The aircraft was supplied as a kit for amateur construction and introduced in 1978. [1] [2]