St Croix Aircraft

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St Croix Aircraft
IndustryAerospace
FateOut of business
Headquarters,
ProductsAircraft propellers, aircraft plans and kit aircraft

St Croix Aircraft, was an American manufacturer of wooden propellers for homebuilt and ultralight aircraft and a supplier of aircraft plans and kits. The company headquarters was located in Corning, Iowa.[1][2][3][4]

The company's propellers were constructed from birch, maple and walnut and available in with two to five blades, in diameters up to 120 in (3.05 m) for engines up to 400 hp (298 kW)[1]

St Croix is probably best known for its Excelsior ultralight aircraft design.[1][2][3][4]

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  1. ^ a b c Purdy, Don: AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, pages 85 and 247. BAI Communications. ISBN 0-9636409-4-1
  2. ^ a b Cliche, Andre: Ultralight Aircraft Shopper's Guide 8th Edition, page E-15. Cybair Limited Publishing, 2001. ISBN 0-9680628-1-4
  3. ^ a b Virtual Ultralight Museum (n.d.). "Excelsior". Retrieved February 9, 2011.
  4. ^ a b Downey, Julia: 1999 Plans Aircraft Directory, Kitplanes, Volume 16, Number 1, January 1999, page 67. Primedia Publications. ISSN 0891-1851