and supply type privately held company industry aerospace predecessor avid aircraft founded 1999 headquarters rhinelander wisconsin united states key people brett mckinney products kit aircraft aircraft parts website airdale.com avid mk iv airdale sportplane and supply also called the airdale flyer company is an american aircraft manufacturer founded by brett mckinney and based in rhinelander wisconsin . the company specializes in the design and manufacture of light aircraft in the form of kits for amateur construction as well as replacement aircraft parts . 1 2 3 the company was formed in 1999 after avid aircraft initially went out of business in 1998 . avid was restarted but went out of business for the final time in november 2003 . airdale initially started making parts for avid designs and later put the two seat avid mk iv back into production . the mk iv was further developed into the airdale backcountry by john larsen an aircraft initially called the airdale airdale . a conversion kit to modify mk ivs to backcountry standard is available . the company also produces an improved landing gear set for the avid mk iv design called bushgear . 1 2 3 4 5 at one time the company also produced the avid magnum as a kit aircraft . 1 aircraft edit summary of aircraft built by airdale sportplane and supply model name first flight number built type avid mk iv two seat kit aircraft avid magnum two seat kit aircraft airdale backcountry 4 2011 two seat kit aircraft references edit a b c bayerl robby ; martin berkemeier ; et al world directory of leisure aviation 2011 12 page 92 . wdla uk lancaster uk 2011 . issn 1368 485x a b vandermeullen richard 2012 kit aircraft buyer s guide kitplanes volume 28 number 12 december 2011 page 38 . belvoir publications . issn 0891 1851 a b downey julia 2008 kit aircraft directory kitplanes volume 24 number 12 december 2007 page 38 . primedia publications . issn 0891 1851 airdale flyer company . the all new airdale backcountry . retrieved 26 march 2015 . archive.org 25 march 2015 . airdale . retrieved 26 march 2015 . external links edit official website v t e avid aircraft aircraft amphibian bandit catalina champion magnum mark iv flyer airdale backcountry companies airdale sportplane and supply avid aircraft light aero retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title airdale sportplane and supply & oldid 678493845 categories aircraft manufacturers of the united statescompanies based in wisconsinoneida county wisconsinhomebuilt aircraft navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 29 august 2015 at 18 50 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view