Great Plains Aircraft Supply Company
TypeExperimental Aircraft Parts and Plans
IndustryExperimental Aviation
GenreAircraft Manufacture
Founded1982
FounderSteve and Linda Bennett
Headquarters
Bennington, Nebraska
,
United States
ProductsVW Engine Conversions and aircraft plans
Websitehttps://www.greatplainsas.com/

Great Plains Aircraft Supply Company is an American aircraft manufacturer of experimental plans based primarily on the Volkswagen air-cooled engine. Great Plains provides VW engine conversions for use in experimental aircraft.[1]

Great Plains has been selling and manufacturing conversions of VW engines since circa 1982. Among their offerings is the Great Plains Type 1 Front Drive engine series.[2]

Great Plains also helds the rights to the Sonerai series of aircraft designed by John Monnett until 2015, when they were acquired by Sonerai Works LLC, of Franksville, Wisconsin.[1][3] Previous owners of the design were INAV Experimental in 1987.

Sonerai IIL

Aircraft

Summary of aircraft built by
Model name First flight Number built Type
Sonerai 1974 Number built 1400+ 4130 Tube and fabric with aluminum wings
Easy Eagle 1 Biplane 2010 Number built 5+ Tube fuselage and wood-and-fabric wings Biplane

References

  1. ^ a b Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 104. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
  2. ^ Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, pages 258-259. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. ISSN 1368-485X
  3. ^ "SoneraiWorks LLC is Now the Supplier of Plans and Model-Specific Parts for the Sonerai Series of Sport Aircraft," press release, as reprinted December 10, 2014, Kitplanes, retrieved November 11, 2020

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