Preceptor Aircraft was an American

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kit manufacturer located in

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and later in

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, producing kits for

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s. The company was previously named Nostalgair.Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: ''World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16'', page 121. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. After a period of inactivity, the company relaunched its website to deliver plans in 2013, although by 2017 the website was not operating and the company seems to have gone out of business in 2016.

History

Preceptor Aircraft was originally called Nostalgair and based in

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. N3 Pup construction was subcontracted to a Colorado company. Nostalgair and its sister company, Global Tool, (maker of Global engines), went out of business in 1986.

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purchased the company's assets and appointed Bob Counts, designer of the N3 Pup, as president. Production moved to

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. By 1993, the company expanded to two buildings and produced as many as 40 kits per year.

Aircraft

* STOL King, a high wing STOL aircraft. * Ultra Pup, a two seat high wing aircraft. * Super Pup, a single seat experimental high wing aircraft. * N3 Pup, a single seat ultralight high wing aircraft. * Stinger, a single seat ultralight high wing aircraft.Purdy, Don: ''AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition'', page 224. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998.

References

External links

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