Airdale Sportplane and Supply

Airdale Sportplane and Supply
Company typePrivately held company
IndustryAerospace
PredecessorAvid Aircraft
Founded1999
Defunct2017
FateOut of business
Headquarters
Rhinelander, Wisconsin
,
United States
Key people
Brett McKinney
ProductsKit aircraft, aircraft parts
Websiteairdale.com
Avid Mk IV

Airdale Sportplane and Supply (also called the Airdale Flyer Company) was an American aircraft manufacturer, founded by Brett McKinney and based in Rhinelander, Wisconsin. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of light aircraft in the form of kits for amateur construction, as well as replacement aircraft parts.[1][2][3][4]

The company was formed in 1999 after Avid Aircraft initially went out of business in 1998. Avid was restarted, but went out of business for the final time in November 2003. Airdale initially started making parts for Avid designs and later put the two-seat Avid Mk IV back into production. The Mk IV was further developed into the Airdale Backcountry by John Larsen, an aircraft initially called the Airdale Airdale. A conversion kit to modify Mk IVs to Backcountry standard is available. The company also produces an improved landing gear set for the Avid Mk IV design, called Bushgear.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

At one time the company also produced the Avid Magnum as a kit aircraft.[1]

As of mid 2017 the company was no longer trading.[7]

  1. ^ a b c Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 92. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
  2. ^ a b Vandermeullen, Richard: 2012 Kit Aircraft Buyer's Guide, Kitplanes, Volume 28, Number 12, December 2011, page 38. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851
  3. ^ a b Downey, Julia: 2008 Kit Aircraft Directory, Kitplanes, Volume 24, Number 12, December 2007, page 38. Primedia Publications. ISSN 0891-1851
  4. ^ a b Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 94. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. ISSN 1368-485X
  5. ^ Airdale Flyer Company. "The All New Airdale Backcountry". Archived from the original on March 31, 2017. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
  6. ^ Archive.org (March 25, 2015). "Airdale". Archived from the original on February 12, 2015. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
  7. ^ HostGator. "Suspended Page". airdale.com. Retrieved December 3, 2017.