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Elmwood Aviation

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Elmwood Aviation
Company typePrivately held company
IndustryAerospace
Founded1980s
FounderRon Mason
Headquarters,
ProductsAircraft plans
Christavia Mk I
Christavia Mk IV

Elmwood Aviation is a Canadian aircraft manufacturer, founded by aircraft designer Ron Mason and based in Frankford, Ontario (formerly in Belleville, Ontario). The company specializes in the design of light aircraft for amateur construction, especially for missionary aviation use. The Christavia aircraft series name means "Christ-in-Aviation".[1][2][3][4]

Plans are marketed by Aircraft Spruce & Specialty Co as well as directly by Elmwood Aviation.[1][2][3][4][5]

All of Mason's designs use his own custom airfoil profile.[6] The Christavia Mk I first flew in 1983 and over 350 had been completed and flown by 2002.[1]

Aircraft

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Summary of aircraft built by Elmwood Aviation
Model name First flight Number built Type
Christavia Mk I 1983 350 (2002) Two seat tandem amateur-built aircraft
Christavia Mk II Two seat side-by-side configuration amateur-built aircraft
Christavia Mk IV 250 (1998) Four seat amateur-built aircraft

References

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  1. ^ a b c Downey, Julia: 2003 Plans Aircraft Directory, Kitplanes, Volume 20, Number 1, January 2003, page 20. Primedia Publications. ISSN 0891-1851
  2. ^ a b "Project Patrol George Stulgatis' Christavia Mk I". Experimenter.
  3. ^ a b "Building a Christavia". Air Progress: 30. April 1991.
  4. ^ a b Purdy, Don: AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition, page 150. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998. ISBN 0-9636409-4-1
  5. ^ Aircraft Spruce & Specialty Co (2013). "Christavia". Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  6. ^ Lednicer, David (2010). "The Incomplete Guide to Airfoil Usage". Archived from the original on 20 April 2010. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
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