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According to figures released by EAA and AOPA the aviation community is shrinking from over 800,000 pilots 10 years ago to less than 650,000 now! One of the reasons for this is that we have to compete with all of the other things that appeal to the younger segment of the population. | 
Gary Sampson - Pedal Plane Kits. | Younger people get introduced to a great many things as they grow up, but few are introduced to aviation. A company in Cedar Rapids Iowa has just the thing to help cure this problem.
Gary Sampson of Aviation Products provides plans and kits for aircraft which can be completed in as little as 50 hours, are very affordable, require no special tools, and can be built with no more knowledge than that required to build a wooden model aircraft. The kits are available in various configurations including bi-planes, WWII replicas, and even a jet model! No license is required to operate them, no FAA inspections, and they are eco-friendly as they are human powered. But the best thing about them is that they get young people involved in aviation at the ripe old age of 3! Gary offers kits, and plans for Pedal Plane Kits. Various models are available which take on the character and mystique of conventional aircraft like the P51, Piper Cub, Beechraft, Pietenpol, G B, etc.
Builders can fabricate all of the parts from the plans supplied, or can opt for quick build kits which include, all of the C & C routered wood with all the holes drilled and steel components, such as the crankshaft for spinning the prop, steering linkages. A sheet metal kit that has the cowlings, and a hardware kit with all of the necessary nuts, bolts, propeller accessories. The planes when power is added via a youngster pedal down the road, with prop spinning and wheels turning, while the newly soloed pilot steers via the joy stick. Pedal Plane Kits have been on the market for over 25 years, with Gary purchasing the company four years ago. There are currently 11 different 11 Pedal Plane kits.
For more information you can contact Gary evenings and weekends at 319-393-5256. |
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