industry aerospace founded 1970s founder tom milton headquarters lansing illinois united states products kit aircraft aircraft parts website www.calumetair.com calumet motorsports is an american aircraft parts manufacturer and former aircraft manufacturer based in lansing illinois and founded by tom milton . the company specializes in the design and manufacture of autogyro parts and at one time produced whole aircraft kits for amateur construction in the us far 103 ultralight vehicles category . 1 2 contents 1 history 2 aircraft 3 references 4 external links history edit the company was formed in the 1970s as calumet aeronautics nicknamed cal aero and acted as a dealer for airguide wind meters . in buying the assets of the snobird aircraft company the company acquired the rights to the snobird explorer ultralight autogyro design and put the aircraft back into production changing the company name to calumet motorsports . the calumet version was first flown in may 1997 and produced through the late 1990s and early 2000s when it was noted as a low cost entry level aircraft . 1 2 the aircraft was commercially successful but required additional investment to expand production and instead the line was sold . when the snobird line came up for sale again later the company bought the seat fuel tank business doing business as calumetair . later when parts designer dick wunderlich died the company added the wunderlich prerotator and rotorbrake to their product line . 2 milton is also a federal aviation administration designated airworthiness representative dar . 2 aircraft edit summary of aircraft built by calumet motorsports model name first flight number built type calumet snobird explorer may 1997 single seat autogyro references edit a b purdy don aerocrafter homebuilt aircraft sourcebook fifth edition page 348 . bai communications 15 july 1998 . isbn 0 9636409 4 1 a b c d gyroplanes & accessories . calumetair . retrieved 20 april 2015 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title calumet motorsports & oldid 668378213 categories aircraft manufacturers of the united statesultralight aircrafthomebuilt aircraftautogyros 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 23 june 2015 at 23 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