The Game Composites GB1 GameBird is a British single-engine, two-seat,
aerobatic
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aircraft that was designed by
Philipp Steinbach
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Surname
* Adolf Philipp (186 ...
and the first prototype was built by
Game Composites
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.
Steinbach is a German aircraft designer, but not an
aeronautical engineer, so he enlisted the aid of two engineers, Jing Dai and Robert Finney, to complete the design. The design work was done in the
United Kingdom under Game Composites Limited of
London. The aircraft is built under licence by Game Composites LLC in
Bentonville, Arkansas,
United States.
Design and development
The GameBird is a composite structure
tandem two-seat,
low-wing, cantilever monoplane powered by a
Lycoming AEIO-580-B1A piston engine. The GameBird has a fixed
conventional landing gear with a steerable tailwheel.
The prototype GameBird first flew on 15 July 2015.
The GameBird was
certified
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by
European Aviation Safety Agency in the CS-23 Aerobatic category on 12 April 2017 and by the US
Federal Aviation Administration under
FAR 23
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on 29 August 2017.
Game Composites received a production certificate from the FAA in June, 2019.
As of 26 September 2021, there were 32 GB1 aircraft registered in the US.
Specifications
See also
References
External links
*{{Official website, http://www.gamecomposites.com/specifications-1/
2010s British sport aircraft
Aerobatic aircraft
Low-wing aircraft
Aircraft first flown in 2015