Air Magic Ultralights was an American
aircraft manufacturer
An aerospace manufacturer is a company or individual involved in the various aspects of designing, building, testing, selling, and maintaining aircraft, aircraft parts, missiles, rockets, or spacecraft. Aerospace is a high technology industry.
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based in
Houston, Texas
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. When it existed the company specialized in the design and manufacture of
ultralight aircraft
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.
[Purdy, Don: ''AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition'', page 103. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998. ]
In the late 1990s, the company produced both the
Spitfire
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designed by Fred Bell and the
Spitfire II two seater. Both designs were constructed from bolted
aluminium
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tubing covered in
Dacron
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fabric.
By 1998, the company reported that it had delivered a total of 582 aircraft.
Aircraft
References
Defunct aircraft manufacturers of the United States
Manufacturing companies based in Houston
Ultralight aircraft
Homebuilt aircraft