This sale is for one FAA Type Certificate with modifications for 2 variations of prototype airplanes, one a four passenger, twin-engine aircraft and the other a six passenger, twin-engine aircraft. Both certificate and prototype aircraft are included in the sale along with a partially assembled plane in the construction jig, a static plane model used to superimpose load factors for stress and structure, all dies, jigs and molds utilized to fabricate the airplane parts, enough formed parts for 1-3 aircraft frames and all available raw materials.
In addition, all intellectual property rights and patents associated with the aircraft as well as all available blueprints, designs, catalog and card files and books used to construct the aircraft are also included in the sale. Originally these aircraft were part of a Sam Burns/Mississippi State University study to develop lightweight fuel-efficient passenger planes that could be converted to jets in the 1970s. Both aircraft feature twin reciprocating engines utilizing semi-monocoque, an aluminium basic frame structure with fibreglass nose, tail, wing tips, fairings and cowls, a circular fuselage at mid-wing and a tail in a low drag design that is aerodynamically smooth construction. Also, a cabin air-operated stairway entrance opens into a depressed center walkway. The tricycle landing gear is hydraulically operated as well as fully retractable. Electrically operated flaps are slotted with a long lip and large radius. This FAA Type Certificate offers an “immediate production” opportunity and reflects several years’ worth of extensive engineering and investment by NASA.