Rocky Mountain Wings Ridge Runner

Rocky Mountain Wings Ridge Runner
Role Ultralight aircraft
National origin United States
Manufacturer Rocky Mountain Wings
Designer Stace Schrader
Introduction 2000
Status Production completed (2018)
Produced 2000-2018
Number built 68 (Ridge Runner 1, 2011)
15 (Ridge Runner 2, 2011)
59 (Ridge Runner 3, 2011)
4 (Ridge Runner 4, 2011)
Developed from Denney Kitfox

The Rocky Mountain Wings Ridge Runner is a family of American high wing, strut-braced, single engine, conventional landing gear aircraft that were designed by Stace Schrader and were produced by Rocky Mountain Wings of Nampa, Idaho for amateur construction from 2000 to 2018.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

Following a lawsuit in 2018, and disputes with other customers, the company closed, production ended and its website was taken down by June 2019.[9][10]

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  2. ^ Downey, Julia: 2001 Kit Aircraft Directory, Kitplanes, Volume 17, Number 12, December 2000, page 72. Kitplanes Acquisition Company. ISSN 0891-1851
  3. ^ Downey, Julia: 2002 Kit Aircraft Directory, Kitplanes, Volume 18, Number 12, December 2001, page 64. Kitplanes Acquisition Company. ISSN 0891-1851
  4. ^ Newby-Gonzalez, Tori: 2004 Kit Aircraft Directory, Kitplanes, Volume 20, Number 12, December 2003, page 77. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851
  5. ^ Downey, Julia: 2005 Kit Aircraft Directory, Kitplanes, Volume 21, Number 12, December 2004, page 78. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851
  6. ^ Downey, Julia: 2008 Kit Aircraft Directory, Kitplanes, Volume 24, Number 12, December 2008, page 70. Primedia Publications. ISSN 0891-1851
  7. ^ Vandermeullen, Richard: 2011 Kit Aircraft Buyer's Guide, Kitplanes, Volume 28, Number 12, December 2011, page 69. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851
  8. ^ Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 123. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. ISSN 1368-485X
  9. ^ Rocky Mountain Wings. "Ridge Runner Aircraft". realflying.com. Archived from the original on 27 June 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  10. ^ Kennedy, Mary Gay (24 January 2018). "DANIEL MASON and KIRA BARBER, Plaintiffs v . ROCKY MOUNTAIN WINGS, LLC and STACE SCHRADER, Defendants". law.justia.com. Archived from the original on 20 July 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2020.