The Makelan Corporation is an American aircraft manufacturer based in New Braunfels, Texas. The company provides kits for the Hatz Classic

biplane A biplane is a fixed-wing aircraft with two main wings stacked one above the other. The first powered, controlled aeroplane to fly, the Wright Flyer, used a biplane wing arrangement, as did many aircraft in the early years of aviation. While ...

design.Purdy, Don: ''AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition'', page 205. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998. Vandermeullen, Richard: ''2012 Kit Aircraft Buyer's Guide'', Kitplanes, Volume 28, Number 12, December 2011, page 61. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851 J. W. (Jeff) Shoemake is the company owner, while Sylvia Shoemake is manager. The company's sole product is a development of the Hatz CB-1, that was designed by John Hatz in the 1960s. The Hatz Classic is an improved model with additional cockpit room, designed by Billy Dawson of Seguin, Texas in the 1990s. Dawson's prototype first flew in 1996 and won several awards, including ''Reserve Grand Champion - Plans Built'' at Airventure 1996, ''Grand Champion Experimental'' and ''Reserve Grand Champion Open Cockpit - Biplane'' at the 1997 Biplane Expo and ''Grand Champion - Plans Built'' at AirVenture 1997. By 1998 the company reported that five Hatz Classic kits had been sold and three aircraft were completed and flying. In September 2014 twelve examples were registered in the United States with the Federal Aviation Administration.

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{{Makelan aircraft Aircraft manufacturers of the United States Companies based in New Braunfels, Texas Homebuilt aircraft