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Stewart Aircraft Corporation
Company typePrivate company
IndustryAerospace
Founded1961
FounderDon Stewart
Headquarters
Vulcan, Michigan
,
United States of America
Key people
Donald Stewart
ProductsKit aircraft
Websitewww.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 Template:Avyear Single place highwing homebuilt aircraft
Stewart Foo Fighter Template:Avyear Single place biplane homebuilt aircraft

References

  1. ^ "Stewart Headwind Corporation". Retrieved 2 December 2010.
  2. ^ David B. Thurston. Homebuilt aircraft.
  3. ^ "21 Aircraft you can build". Popular Science. January 1981.
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