Pop's Props was an American aircraft manufacturer, founded by Scott Land in about 1994 and based in Cooksville, Illinois. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of

ultralight aircraft Ultralight aviation (called microlight aviation in some countries) is the flying of lightweight, 1- or 2-seat fixed-wing aircraft. Some countries differentiate between weight-shift control and conventional three-axis control aircraft with ailer ...

in the form of plans and kits for amateur construction and operation under the US

FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles Ultralight aircraft in the United States are much smaller and lighter than ultralight aircraft as defined by all other countries. In the United States, ultralights are described as "ultralight vehicles" and not as aircraft. They are not requ ...

rules.Cliche, Andre: ''Ultralight Aircraft Shopper's Guide'' 8th Edition, pages B-46, B-65. Cybair Limited Publishing, 2001. Purdy, Don: ''AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook'', pages 222-223. BAI Communications. Downey, Julia: ''1999 Kit Aircraft Directory'', Kitplanes, Volume 15, Number 12, December 1998, pages 61-62. Primedia Publications. ISSN 0891-1851 All the company's designs were of wood and fabric construction. The first was the Pop's Props Pinocchio, introduced in 1994. The Pinocchio is a single seat First World War fighter replica and three were flying by 1998. The Cloudster, a single seat parasol wing ultralight followed in 1995 and the

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, a derivative of the Cloudster, in 1996. Land became interested in selling the designs and closing the company early in the 21st century. In 2010 Jeff Erekson made an offer to buy the designs and the deal was completed in February 2011. Erekson formed Simplex Aeroplanes to sell the Cloudster and Zing aircraft.

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