Raceair Designs

Raceair Designs LLC
Privately held company
Industry Aerospace
Founded 1989
Headquarters Gilbert, South Carolina, United States
Key people
 Ed Fisher
Products Kit aircraft
Website www.raceairdesigns.com
Raceair Skylite
Raceair LiL Bitts

Raceair Designs LLC is an American aircraft manufacturer based in Gilbert, South Carolina, founded by designer Ed Fisher. The company was formerly located in Mayville, New York and Warren, Ohio. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of ultralight aircraft in the form of plans and kits for amateur construction and complete ready-to-fly aircraft under the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles rules.[1][2]

The company only offered plans and kits for a short while and then closed down operations in the late 1990s. Its Raceair Skylite and Raceair LiL Bitts designs are also produced by Wings Of Freedom of Hubbard, Ohio. Raceair Designs is now back in operations.[3][4][5]

Aircraft

Summary of aircraft built by Raceair Designs
Model name First flight Number built Type
Raceair Skylite 1991 26 (1998) Single seat ultralight parasol wing aircraft
Raceair Lil Bitts 2007 1 Single seat biplane

References

  1. ↑ Purdy, Don: AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition, page 231. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998. ISBN 0-9636409-4-1
  2. ↑ Virtual Ultralight Museum (n.d.). "Skylite". Retrieved 11 December 2011.
  3. ↑ Vandermeullen, Richard: 2012 Kit Aircraft Buyer's Guide, Kitplanes, Volume 28, Number 12, December 2011, page 53. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851
  4. ↑ Raceair Designs (n.d.). "Raceair Designs". Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  5. ↑ Cliche, Andre: Ultralight Aircraft Shopper's Guide 8th Edition, page E-35. Cybair Limited Publishing, 2001. ISBN 0-9680628-1-4

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