QUESTION ABOUT HISTORY OF AVID / KITFOX

[EDMO 1078]

My memory of the past seems to be getting blurred - Maybe I am getting older?

What year was the first Avid Sold - other than the one that Dan Denny took from Dean?  Kitfox?

Yes - I remember saying that I was going to shut up and build plane,

but got to get some medical issues taken care of first.

Thanks,

EDMO

Edited 2 May 2015 by Ed In Missouri

[Av8r3400 1178]

Avid I believe was 1984. Kitfox was 1986.

[C5Engineer 1170]

1983....

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avid_Flyer

 

Kitfox came later...lots of people think Kitfox came first. Being friends with Dean be sure to correct them.

[EDMO 1078]

How could Kitfox come first, when it is just a clone of Dean Wilson's designed Avid, with some minor changes by Dan Denny who couldn't design a dog-house, but he sure could sell them!  Dean got screwed by his ex-partner salesman.

The Kitfox success was because of using the unique design of Dean Wilson's Avid.

EDMO

Edited 4 May 2015 by Ed In Missouri

[C5Engineer 1170]

You would be surprised add by how many people have never heard of Avid Flyer. I get asked at least once at every gathering I attend either what it is or if it's a Kitfox.

[EDMO 1078]

Maybe you should carry a large poster with Dean's photo on it, with reading, "Dean Wilson, Father of the Avid Flyer, and GrandFather of the Kitfox"! 

EDMO

Edited 4 May 2015 by Ed In Missouri

[TJay 1041]

watch this it is a nice history lesson, and I think it says the date of the first one sold.

[EDMO 1078]

Kool Video - First time I saw one used as a cropduster!

EDMO

[KFfan 151]

TJay

48 minutes NOT lost to television!

Thanks!!