Great Plains Aircraft Supply Company
| Experimental Aircraft Parts and Plans | |
| Industry | Experimental Aviation |
| Genre | Aircraft Manufacture |
| Founded | 1982 |
| Founder | Steve and Linda Bennett |
| Headquarters | Bennington, Nebraska, United States |
| Products | VW Engine Conversions and aircraft plans |
| Website | http://www.greatplainsas.com/ |
Great Plains Aircraft Supply Company is a United States 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.
Great Plains also holds the rights to the Sonerai series of aircraft designed by John Monnett.[1] Previous owners of the design were INAV Experimental in 1987.
Aircraft
| 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 |
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