air foils llc type privately held company industry aerospace founded 1980s founder bill raisner headquarters lyons wisconsin united states products kit aircraft aircraft parts aircraft engines owner bill read and mary myers parent wag aero website www.leadingedge airfoils.com early bird jenny early bird jenny instrument panel leading edge air foils llc formerly leading edge air foils inc. usually called leaf is an american aircraft parts supplier based in lyons wisconsin . it is a us limited liability company . 1 2 3 4 5 6 the company was founded by bill raisner in peyton colorado in the 1980s and claims to be the oldest ultralight aircraft parts supplier . the company specializes in the provision of aircraft parts and aircraft engines and in the past supplied kit aircraft for amateur construction and ready to fly aircraft under the us far 103 ultralight vehicles rules . 1 2 3 4 5 6 the company is owned by bill read and mary myers and is part of the wag aero group of companies . 7 at one time a subsidiary raisner aircraft depot rad sold the aircraft kits . 6 leaf at one time offered kits and parts for other designer s aircraft such as dennis wiley s early bird jenny graham lee s circa reproductions nieuport the j & j ultralights tukan and antares ma 32 ultralight trikes as well as two of raisner s own designs the raisner graffiti two seat trike and the leaf trike single seat trike . the company has long been a rotax aircraft engine dealer and overhaul facility . 1 2 3 4 5 6 aircraft edit summary of aircraft built by leaf model name first flight number built type early bird jenny biplane kit aircraft circa reproductions nieuport biplane kit aircraft j & j ultralights tukan two seat ultralight trike antares ma 32 200 as of 2005 two seat ultralight trike raisner graffiti circa 1997 two seat ultralight trike leaf trike 1980s single seat ultralight trike references edit a b c purdy don aerocrafter homebuilt aircraft sourcebook fifth edition pages 147 193 194 and 235 . bai communications 15 july 1998 . isbn 0 9636409 4 1 a b c kitplanes staff 1999 plans aircraft directory kitplanes volume 16 number 1 january 1999 page 56 . primedia publications . ipm 0462012 a b c downey julia 2000 trike and chute directory kitplanes volume 17 number 2 february 2000 page 46 . kitplanes acquisition company . issn 0891 1851 a b c downey julia 2003 plans aircraft directory kitplanes volume 20 number 1 january 2003 page 18 . primedia publications . issn 0891 1851 a b c cliche andre ultralight aircraft shopper s guide 8th edition pages b 43 c 29 and e 48 cybair limited publishing 2001 . isbn 0 9680628 1 4 a b c d raisner william leaf catalog pages 409 412 and 416 . leading edge airfoils 1995 . gan staff 5 august 2005 . wag aero buys safe air repair . general aviation news . retrieved 17 february 2015 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to early bird jenny . official website v t e leaf aircraft aircraft antares graffiti jenny nieuport trike tukan companies leading edge air foils wag aero retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title leading edge air foils & oldid 668327415 categories aircraft manufacturers of the united statesultralight aircrafthomebuilt aircraftultralight trikeshidden categories commons category with local link same as on wikidata 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 in other projects wikimedia commons languages add links this page was last modified on 23 june 2015 at 18 29 . 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