Buford John Schramm

Buford John Schramm (14 October 1938 – 28 April 2004), better-known as B.J. Schramm, was a businessman and developer of light personal helicopters. He was killed in the crash of a single-seat helicopter of his own design near Montour, about six miles southwest of Horseshoe Bend, Idaho.[1][2] Schramm founded RotorWay Aircraft in 1961, a kit helicopter manufacturing company. At the time of his death he operated a company called Eagle R&D, based in Caldwell, Idaho, manufacturing a kit helicopter called the Helicycle.

Schramm was the founder of a non-ferrous metal foundry that supplied materials to Bell, Hughes, Sikorsky, Motorolla as well as his own helicopter businesses.[3]

Schramm was posthumously inducted into the Experimental Aircraft Association Homebuilder's Hall of Fame in 2006, although he was not a member of that organization at the time of his death.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Schramm Helicycle, Registration No. N3275Q. See NTSB Probable Cause report SEA04LA074
  2. ↑ NTSB Accident Report SEA04LA074 Link PDF
  3. ↑ Perter Lert (August 1989). "Executive Privilege". Air Progress.
  4. ↑ http://www.eaa.org/media/pr/2006/2006-10-11_halloffame.asp

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