Aircraft Designs Inc | |
Type: | Private company |
Foundation: | 1976 |
Defunct: | 2012 |
Industry: | Aerospace |
Products: | Gyroplanes Motorgliders |
Owner: | Martin Hollmann |
Aircraft Designs Inc was a US aircraft design and manufacturing firm founded in Monterey, California by Martin Hollmann in 1976.[1] Apart from working on its own designs, the firm provides design and engineering analysis to other aerospace ventures.[2]
Hollmann and his company carried out much subcontract work, particularity in his areas of expertise, including aeroelasticity and structural analysis. He also designed a number of gyroplanes.[2]
The company was dissolved on 30 January 2012 and owner Martin Hollmann died 12 October 2012 of cancer.[3] [4]
+ style="text-align:center; background:#bfd7ff;" | Summary of aircraft built by Aircraft Designs | |||
Model name | First flight | Number built | Type | |
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ADI Sportster | 1974 | Single-engine two-seat gyroplane plans | ||
ADI Condor | 1981 | Single-engine, twin boom, two-seat motorglider. | ||
ADI Bumble Bee | 1983 | Single-engine single-seat gyroplane | ||
ADI Stallion | 1994 | Single-engine six-seat touring light aircraft |