MVP Model 3

Model 3
MVP Model 3 prototype on display
Role Amphibious light sport aircraft
Manufacturer MVP.aero
Designer Mike Van Staagen
Introduction 2014
Status Cancelled

The MVP Model 3 was a prototype American "triphibian" light-sport aircraft, displayed in mockup form in 2014. The aircraft was under development by MVP.AERO Inc. (sometimes styled MVP.aero).[1] Its developer has since ceased operations.[2]

The company was incorporated in Delaware in 2011 by father and son Darrell and Michael Lynds and friend Steve Pugh. Its design and engineering team, led by Mike Van Staagen, was based in Duluth, Minnesota, with management and administration in Minneapolis.[1] In January 2016, it was announced that the plane would be built in Brunswick, Maine.[3] Although, by February 2022, the program had been cancelled.[2]

  1. ^ a b "MVP - About Us". Archived from the original on 8 February 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  2. ^ a b Mercedes Streeter (8 February 2022). "This Plane Tried To Be A Camper And A Fishing Boat At The Same Time". Jalopnik.
  3. ^ "'Flying boat' maker lands in Brunswick". 22 January 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2016.