private company industry aerospace founded 1961 founder don stewart headquarters vulcan michigan united states of america key people donald stewart products kit aircraft website www.stewartaircraft.com stewart 265 stewart aircraft corporation is an american aircraft manufacturer specializing in aircraft kits and plans . 1 don stewart a former airline pilot designed several aircraft that are sold by the company . 2 the company s first product the headwind was one of the earliest examples of a homebuilt aircraft designed to use an air cooled volkswagen automotive engine with a patented gear reduction unit for the propeller . 3 aircraft edit summary of aircraft built by stewart aircraft corporation model name first flight type stewart headwind 1961 single place highwing homebuilt aircraft stewart foo fighter 1967 single place biplane homebuilt aircraft stewart 265 references edit stewart headwind corporation . retrieved 2 december 2010 . david b. thurston . homebuilt aircraft . 21 aircraft you can build . popular science . january 1981 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title stewart aircraft corporation & oldid 732202541 categories aircraft manufacturers of the united statesmanufacturing companies based in michiganmanufacturing companies established in 19611961 establishments in michigan 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 30 july 2016 at 09 18 . 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