company industry aerospace founded 1960s founder dick and bobbie wagner headquarters lyons wisconsin united states products kit aircraft and aircraft parts owner bill read and mary myers website www.wagaero.com wag aero cuby on floats wag aero sportsman 2 2 wag aero wag a bond the wag aero group is an american aircraft manufacturer that was founded by dick and bobbie wagner in the 1960s and is based in lyons wisconsin . the company specializes in the design and manufacture of kit aircraft and aircraft parts for amateur construction . 1 2 3 4 5 the company is owned by bill read and mary myers . 6 contents 1 divisions 2 history 3 products 4 aircraft 5 references 6 external links divisions edit the wag aero group of companies includes several aerospace divisions from acquisitions including 2 6 aero fabricators ground support manufacturing inc leading edge air foils safe air repair viking aero history edit wag aero was started by dick and bobbie wagner in the 1960s and run from the basement of their home in lyons wisconsin . in 1971 the company moved into permanent quarters and an aerodrome constructed to accommodate fly in customers now known as wag aero airport wi92 . 2 7 the company formed a subsidiary aero fabricators in the 1970s to make welded and sheet metal aircraft parts plus seat belts . 2 on 1 september 1995 the wagners sold the group of companies to bill read and mary myers . in 1997 they purchased viking aero and in april 2002 acquired ground support manufacturing inc. in 2005 they bought safe air repair a parts manufacturer . ultralight parts supplier leading edge air foils leaf was also added to the group . 2 6 products edit in addition to aircraft parts the company supplies parts and kits to construct several light aircraft designs all based on 1930s and 1940s piper aircraft models . 1 3 4 5 8 the wag aero cuby a piper j 3 replica was designed by dick wagner and first flew on 12 march 1975 . it is offered in several different models and variants including the acro trainer observer sport trainer and super sport . 1 3 4 5 8 the wag aero wag a bond was also designed by dick wagner as a piper pa 17 vagabond replica and first flew on 9 june 1978 . 1 4 5 8 the wag aero sportsman 2 2 also known as the wag aero chuby cuby was designed by dick wagner and tom iverson as a piper pa 14 family cruiser replica and first flew on 8 may 1982 . 1 5 8 aircraft edit summary of aircraft built by wag aero model name first flight number built type wag aero cuby 12 march 1975 two seat piper j 3 replica wag aero wag a bond 9 june 1978 two seat piper pa 17 replica wag aero chuby cuby 8 may 1982 four seat piper pa 14 replica references edit a b c d e purdy don aerocrafter homebuilt aircraft sourcebook fifth edition pages 289 290 367 374 381 396 401 and 407 . bai communications 15 july 1998 . isbn 0 9636409 4 1 a b c d e wag aero group . a brief history . retrieved 12 march 2015 . a b c plane and pilot 1978 aircraft directory page 159 . werner & werner corp santa monica ca 1977 . isbn 0 918312 00 0 a b c d bayerl robby ; martin berkemeier ; et al world directory of leisure aviation 2011 12 page 126 . wdla uk lancaster uk 2011 . issn 1368 485x a b c d e downey julia 1999 kit aircraft directory kitplanes volume 15 number 12 december 1998 page 75 76 . primedia publications . issn 0891 1851 a b c gan staff 5 august 2005 . wag aero buys safe air repair . general aviation news . retrieved 12 march 2015 . . airnav.com 5 march 2015 . wag aero airport lyons wisconsin usa . retrieved 12 march 2015 . a b c d vandermeullen richard 2011 kit aircraft buyer s guide kitplanes volume 28 number 12 december 2011 page 76 . belvoir publications . issn 0891 1851 external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to wag aero . official website v t e wag aero aircraft acro trainer chuby cuby cuby observer sportsman 2 2 sport trainer super sport wag a bond 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 wag aero & oldid 703712181 categories aircraft manufacturers of the united statesultralight aircrafthomebuilt aircraftcompanies based in wisconsinwalworth county wisconsinhidden categories commons category template with no category setcommons category without a link 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 languages add links this page was last modified on 7 february 2016 at 04 33 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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