aerospace founded 1989 headquarters holden missouri united states key people ceo robert baslee products kit aircraft number of employees two 2016 website www.airdromeaeroplanes.com airdrome aeroplanes is an american aircraft manufacturer founded by robert baslee that offers a large selection of kit aircraft for amateur construction . the company is based in holden missouri . 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 the company produces a range of kits specializing in replica aircraft from the pre world war i pioneer period and from both the central powers and allies of world war i. 3 4 7 8 contents 1 history 2 aircraft 3 references 4 external links history edit 80 % scale airdrome fokker d vii at sun n fun 2004 baslee started in aviation as a teenager building model aircraft . he paid for his hobby by mowing lawns and shoveling snow in lee s summit missouri . a week before he turned 16 he sold all his models and started work on his private pilot certificate completing it at age 17 with money earned working in the fast food industry . he became an apprentice machinist graduated from high school in 1983 and later completed a degree in mechanical engineering . 9 baslee constructed a series of homebuilt aircraft selling each one to pay for the next one . he had aspired to build a fokker triplane but found the existing replica plans very complex and slow to construct . he applied his engineering knowledge and created a new design of the dr. 1 with a simplified structure and revised airfoil a modified clark y to improve handling . the resulting design uses aluminum tubing and pop riveted gussets in place of wooden structure . all designs use a two spar wing design to give redundancy not found in the original first world war designs . most wwi designs were very tail heavy and so the balance was adjusted in his designs to give a better center of gravity . 9 the prototype triplane was shown at eaa airventure in 1989 resulting in requests for kits from prospective customers . this in turn resulted in the founding of the company to develop and produce the kits . 9 each design is completed over about 1000 hours of work and then a prototype is finished . the prototype construction allows the completion of photographs and video of the construction techniques . 9 the company has two employees including baslee and ships an average of one kit per week . the company has about 500 aircraft flying . 9 the company is best known for its construction of four full scale nieuport 17 aircraft for the 2006 film flyboys during a period of 52 days . the company also built a morane l for the 2009 film amelia . 9 aircraft edit references kitplanes 4 and airdrome aeroplanes 8 summary of aircraft built by airdrome aeroplanes model name first flight number built type bleriot model xi 1 pioneer aircraft replica dream classic 49 pioneer aircraft replica dream fantasy twin 4 pioneer aircraft replica eindecker e iii 14 world war i aircraft replica fokker dr 1 23 5 world war i aircraft replica in 3 4 scale and full size fokker d vi 7 world war i aircraft replica in 3 4 scale fokker d vii 2 world war i aircraft replica 80 % scale fokker d viii 16 world war i aircraft replica in 3 4 scale taube 1 world war i aircraft replica morane saulnier l 1 world war i aircraft replica nieuport 11 1 world war i aircraft replica 7 8 scale nieuport 17 7 world war i aircraft replica nieuport 24 12 world war i aircraft replica nieuport 25 world war i aircraft replica nieuport 28 1 world war i aircraft replica sopwith pup 1 world war i aircraft replica sopwith camel 1 world war i aircraft replica sopwith baby 1 world war i aircraft replica dehavilland dh 2 2 world war i aircraft 80 % scale replica references edit cliche andre ultralight aircraft shopper s guide 8th edition page b 14 . cybair limited publishing 2001 . isbn 0 9680628 1 4 purdy don aerocrafter homebuilt aircraft sourcebook page 110 . bai communications . isbn 0 9636409 4 1 a b downey julia 1999 kit aircraft directory kitplanes volume 15 number 12 december 1998 page 35 . primedia publications . issn 0891 1851 a b c downey julia 2008 kit aircraft directory kitplanes volume 24 number 12 december 2007 page 38 . primedia publications . issn 0891 1851 airdrome aeroplanes 2009 . frequently asked questions . retrieved 2009 10 02 . vandermeullen richard 2011 kit aircraft buyer s guide kitplanes volume 28 number 12 december 2011 page 38 40 . belvoir publications . issn 0891 1851 a b 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 airdrome aeroplanes 2009 . the dream classic . retrieved 2009 10 01 . a b c d e f spangler scott . flying both sides . avweb . retrieved 19 february 2016 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to airdrome aeroplanes . official website v t e airdrome aeroplanes pioneer aircraft bleriot model xi dream classic dream fantasy twin wwi central powers aircraft eindecker e iii fokker dr 1 fokker d vi fokker d vii fokker d viii taube wwi allied aircraft dehavilland dh 2 morane saulnier l nieuport 11 nieuport 17 nieuport 24 nieuport 25 nieuport 28 sopwith baby sopwith camel sopwith pup retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title airdrome aeroplanes & oldid 734314174 categories aircraft manufacturers of the united stateshidden 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 13 august 2016 at 13 53 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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