WHERE COMPOSITE AIRCRAFT BEGAN
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WINDECKER
WAI’s Restoration & Development Center is located in Mooresville, North Carolina, USA and is staffed with a mixture of aviation experts and highly skilled automotive racing technicians.
Windecker Aircraft Inc. (WAI) prototypes and develops leading high-performance aircraft for the world-wide General Aviation marketplace.
Photos/Images courtesy of Dick James Photography, "If it moves, he'll shoot it"
EAGLE N4198G
Photos/Images courtesy of Dick James Photography, "If it moves, he'll shoot it"
WINDECKER MEDIA
The Windecker Eagle I has the distinction of being the first all-composite aircraft to receive FAA certification. The Eagle was the product of several years of experimentation by Dr. Leo Windecker and Dr. Fairfax Windecker, working with Dow Chemical Company, to develop lightweight fiberlass reinforced plastic structures for aviation use. A flexible, non-woven glass fiber material called "Fibaloy" was the result and led to the Windecker X-7 prototype.
The world’s first all-composite airplane may fly again.
IDEAS FROM HIGH-TECH AUTO RACING HELP BRING BACK A SEMINAL AIRPLANE
After 16 months and an undisclosed amount of money from a Chinese businessman, the Eagle has landed, preceded of course by a takeoff. The aircraft flew for the first time in 31 years on Dec. 6. The Windecker Eagle will be shipped to China as a demonstrator and returned to production in that country.
Rare composite airplane expected to fly with new engine.
Windecker Aircraft Inc. plans to invest $6 million and create 58 full-time jobs at its Mooresville facility on Knob Hill Road in Lakeside Business Park, local economic development officials announced Wednesday.
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