company industry aerospace founded early 1970s founder chuck slusarczyk headquarters grand bay alabama united states key people ceo danny dezauche products ultralight aircraft website www.cgsaviation.com the original cgs hawk prototype at sun n fun in 2006 . the plane was brought to the show and flown for the first time in 24 years after which it was donated to the florida air museum . a cgs hawk arrow ii at sun n fun . a cgs hawk ultra a legal us far part 103 ultralight vehicle at sun n fun 2006 cgs aviation inc. is an american aircraft manufacturer based in grand bay alabama . the company was founded by chuck slusarczyk in the early 1970s in broadview heights ohio as chuck s glider supplies . today it run by danny dezauche and specializes in the design and manufacture of ultralight aircraft in the form of kits for amateur construction and ready to fly aircraft in the us far 103 ultralight vehicles rules category . 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 contents 1 history 2 products 3 aircraft 4 references 5 external links history edit the company started in the early 1970s as a hang glider manufacturer and aircraft parts supplier under the name chucks glider supplies . founder chuck slusarczyk later carried out experiments with powered hang gliders and developed a reduction drive system to turn larger propellers more slowly to reduce noise and improve efficiency . he was granted a us patent for his system . 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 in october 1979 the company was renamed cgs aviation inc. 5 in 1980 development of the cgs hawk aircraft series was begun starting with a survey of pilot expectations and desires for a new ultralight aircraft design . 5 products edit the hawk line of ultralight aircraft was introduced at sun n fun lakeland florida in march 1982 . the hawk was the first fully enclosed ultralight the first with fully strut braced wings three axis controls a steerable nose or tail wheel and wing flaps . the original 1982 cgs hawk classic remains in production in 2015 . 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 the hawk series includes the single seat hawk arrow hawk plus hawk sport hawk ultra and ag hawk . two seat models include the hawk classic ii and the hawk arrow ii . more than 1700 hawks series aircraft have been flown . 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 the hawk prototype was named best new design for 1982 at at sun n fun in march 1982 . at the eaa convention in oshkosh wisconsin that same year the hawk was named outstanding new design and also reserve grand champion . at oshkosh 1983 the hawk won the dupont kevlar air recreational vehicle design competition against more than 126 other aircraft designs in the competition . 5 aircraft edit summary of aircraft built by cgs aviation model name first flight number built type cgs hawk classic 1982 990 2011 ultralight aircraft cgs hawk arrow 135 2011 ultralight aircraft cgs hawk plus 65 2001 ultralight aircraft cgs hawk sport 8 2001 ultralight aircraft cgs hawk ultra 8 2001 ultralight aircraft cgs ag hawk 30 1998 ultralight agricultural aircraft cgs hawk classic ii 290 1998 two seat ultralight aircraft cgs hawk arrow ii 186 2011 two seat ultralight aircraft references edit a b c d purdy don aerocrafter homebuilt aircraft sourcebook page 132 133 . bai communications . isbn 0 9636409 4 1 a b c d downey julia 2008 kit aircraft directory kitplanes volume 24 number 12 december 2007 page 45 46 . primedia publications . issn 0891 1851 a b c d kitplanes staff 1999 kit aircraft directory kitplanes volume 15 number 12 december 1998 page 42 43 . primedia publications . ipm 0462012 a b c d cliche andre ultralight aircraft shopper s guide 8th edition page b 28 & b 82 cybair limited publishing 2001 . isbn 0 9680628 1 4 a b c d e f g cgs aviation . cgs hawk history . retrieved 17 march 2015 . a b c d vandermeullen richard 2011 kit aircraft buyer s guide kitplanes volume 28 number 12 december 2011 page 45 . belvoir publications . issn 0891 1851 a b c d bayerl robby ; martin berkemeier ; et al world directory of leisure aviation 2011 12 page 34 . wdla uk lancaster uk 2011 . issn 1368 485x external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to cgs aviation . official website company website archives on archive.org v t e cgs aviation aircraft single seat aircraft ag hawk hawk arrow hawk classic hawk plus hawk sport hawk ultra two seat aircraft hawk ii arrow hawk ii classic retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title cgs aviation & oldid 705748548 categories aircraft manufacturers of the united statesultralight aircrafthomebuilt aircrafthidden 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 19 february 2016 at 09 40 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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