US Aviation explained

US Aviation
Fate:Ceased operations
Foundation:1970s
Defunct:circa 2008

US Aviation (Full name: Ultralight Soaring Aviation LLC) was an American aircraft manufacturer, started by Klaus Hill and Larry Hall in the 1970s initially to build their Super Floater ultralight glider design. The company later marketed the Cumulus ultralight motor glider and the CAVU ultralight.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

After becoming dormant in the 1980s the company was resurrected in 1995 to market a redesigned Super Floater that was produced by the Wind Walker Aircraft Co of Salt Lake City, Utah and the Cumulus motorglider, which first flew the same year and was manufactured by AeroDreams.

Reported as still in business in December 2007, the company no longer existed in 2011.

Aircraft

+ Aircraft built by US Aviation
Model nameFirst flightNumber builtType
US Aviation Super Floater1970sUltralight glider
US Aviation Cloud Dancer1983Ultralight motorglider
US Aviation Cumulus1995Ultralight motorglider
US Aviation CAVU1997Ultralight aircraft

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Super Floater US Aviation . 30 August 2011. Activate Media. 2006.
  2. News: Product Lines March 1995. 30 August 2011. Johnson. Dan . March 1995. Hang Gliding Magazine.
  3. Downey, Julia: 1999 Kit Aircraft Directory, Kitplanes, Volume 15, Number 12, December 1998, page 74. Primedia Publications.
  4. Downey, Julia: 2008 Kit Aircraft Directory, Kitplanes, Volume 24, Number 12, December 2007, page 72. Primedia Publications.
  5. Purdy, Don: AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, page 314. BAI Communications.
  6. Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04, page 59. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster OK, 2003.