Bankruptcy is tough. I’m glad to see Van’s is making progress.
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New video updates what’s going on with Van’s Aircraft
In a video posted to YouTube April 12, 2024, Clyde Hamstreet, whose firm, Hamstreet & Associates, works with companies in distress, gave an update on the reorganization of Van’s Aircraft during it bankruptcy.
Picture of the Day: Cockpit panel in the setting sun
John Schmidt submitted this photo and note: “Pietenpol builder/pilot Greg Cardinal noticed the sun coming through his hangar windows at just the right time to illuminate the wood instrument panel of his airplane and caught this view. The panel, fabricated with the help of Minnesota Aviation Hall of Fame inductee Dale Johnson, was purposely cut for the wood grain symmetry, and finished with a minimum of instruments.”
Hiperbipe nut
Texas pilot David Godwin confesses he’s a “Hiperbipe nut.” He’s owned three so far and enjoyed every minute.
New owner for Bearhawk Aircraft
The company, now based in Fairview, Oklahoma, was bought by a customer.
Just one more
Dennis Kirkwood thought he was done building airplanes at 77. Then COVID hit and he and a partner built a Hummel UltraCruiser.
Zenith Aircraft returns to Texas in February
Zenith’s hands-on workshop returns to Boerne Stage Airfield (5C1), north of San Antonio, Texas, Feb. 23-24, with an informal fly-in for Zenith owners on Feb. 24.
Flying car company launches crowdfunding campaign
According to James Mauch, a Samson Sky board member, crowdfunding is commonly used as “an early step in an overall campaign to raise large funds but has the unique ability to allow many smaller investors the same opportunity as bigger investors” with new technology in new companies.
Creating the Tiny Stearman
What do you do when you want a Stearman but can’t afford one? You create your own Tiny Stearman, like Chris Hiatt did from his Baby Great Lakes.