Elmwood Aviation

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Elmwood Aviation
Type Privately held company
Industry Aerospace
Founded1980s
FounderRon Mason
Headquarters,
Products Aircraft plans
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Christavia Mk I
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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]

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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

Summary of aircraft built by Elmwood Aviation
Model nameFirst flightNumber builtType
Christavia Mk I 1983350 (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

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  3. 1 2 "Building a Christavia". Air Progress: 30. April 1991.
  4. 1 2 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.