The Giles G-202 is an unlimited-level

aerobatic Aerobatics is the practice of flying maneuvers involving aircraft attitudes that are not used in conventional passenger-carrying flights. The term is a portmanteau of "aerial" and "acrobatics". Aerobatics are performed in aeroplanes and glid ...

airplane designed by Richard Giles. This carbon fiber composite monoplane was manufactured by

AkroTech Aviation AkroTech Aviation, Inc. was an American aircraft manufacturer based in Scappoose, Oregon. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of Homebuilt aircraft, kits for aerobatic aircraft. The company went out of business after 1998.Purd ...

Troutdale, Oregon Troutdale is a city in Multnomah County, Oregon, United States, immediately north of Gresham and east of Wood Village. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 15,962. The city serves as the western gateway to the Historic Columbia River ...

. The tandem two-seater was based upon the single-seater

Giles G-200 The Giles G-200 is an American aerobatic homebuilt aircraft that was produced by AkroTech Aviation of Scappoose, Oregon. When it was available the aircraft was supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft or a kit for amateur construction. The ...

.EAA1000: Giles G-202
- accessed 2008-03-21 The G-202 was produced and sold as

kit plane Homebuilt aircraft, also known as amateur-built aircraft or kit planes, are constructed by persons for whom this is not a professional activity. These aircraft may be constructed from "scratch", from plans, or from assembly kits.Armstrong, Kenn ...

by AkroTech, and slightly modified as the CAP 222 by

Avions Mudry Apex Aircraft was a French company devoted to light aeroplane manufacture. It markets three ranges of light aircraft which it brands Robin, Alpha and CAP. The "Robin" range is the former Avions Robin DR400 4-seater aircraft of wooden construction, ...

( France).Aeromodelism.com: Giles 230cm anvergura
- accessed 2008-03-21
- accessed 2008-03-21

Operational history

*In 1999 airshow performer

Wayne Handley Wayne Handley (born March 26, 1939 in Carmel Valley Village, California, Carmel, California) is an American airshow performer, former naval aviator, agricultural pilot, Aerobatic Competency Evaluator (ACE), and coach for upcoming and current air ...

broke the world record for the most consecutive flat spins in a Giles G-202 performing 78 spins. The record was broken in 2014 by Spencer Suderman in 2014 in a Pitts S2-B performing 81 spins from 23,000 ft altitude. *A Giles 202 crashed on Friday 28 August 2015 during practice for an air show at Stewart International Airport near

New Windsor, NY New Windsor is a town in Orange County, New York, United States. History The region was originally inhabited by the Munsee people, part of the Lenape confederation. The first European settlers were colonists from Scotland who arrived in 1685. ...

, about 60 miles north of New York City. Photos taken by a bystander show the tail separating from the aircraft as the pilot was in an ascending manoeuver. The pilot was killed. *A Giles 202 crashed on Thursday 30 May 2019 during takeoff at the

Wasilla Airport Wasilla Airport is a city-owned public-use airport located about 3.5 miles (6 km) west of the central business district of Wasilla, a city in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. Wasilla is 17 miles by air and 47 mile ...

near

Wasilla, AK Wasilla ( Dena'ina: ''Benteh'') is a city in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, United States and the fourth-largest city in Alaska. It is located on the northern point of Cook Inlet in the Matanuska-Susitna Valley of the southcentral part of the st ...

. The pilot was killed. NTSB is still investigating the crash. *A Giles 202 crashed on Saturday 29 October 2022 during a normal flight near Ulm, Germany. Two occupants died.

Specifications (G-202)

References

External links

{{AkroTech Aviation aircraft G-202 Single-engined tractor aircraft Low-wing aircraft 1990s United States sport aircraft Homebuilt aircraft Aerobatic aircraft Conventional landing gear