private company industry aerospace founded 1984 founder mike fisher and wayne ison 1 headquarters woodbridge ontario canada key people gene and darlene jackson hanson owners 1984 2007 2 paul riedlinger owner 2007 2014 . new owner dave hertner owner of effectus aeroproducts . citation needed products kit aircraft website www.fisherflying.com fisher flying products is a canadian aircraft manufacturer that produces kits for a wide line of light aircraft . the company s kits all feature wooden construction with aircraft fabric covering . many of the designs are reproductions of classic aircraft such as the company s 80 % fisher r 80 tiger moth that is based upon the de havilland tiger moth . 3 4 5 6 7 7 8 contents 1 history 2 aircraft 3 references 4 external links history edit founded by michael e. fisher and wayne ison in the early 1980s as lite flite inc aero visions and later fisher aero corporation ownership of fisher flying products was later passed to gene and darlene jackson hanson in 1984 . the company was originally based in south webster ohio and later edgeley north dakota usa . in 2007 the jackson hansons decided to sell the company and retire . 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 the company was purchased by paul riedlinger and moved to woodbridge ontario canada . by early 2009 the new owner had re established the manufacturing operation and commenced producing kits starting with the dakota hawk and the fp 202 . by late 2009 all kits were once again available . 7 10 the first two designs the company built were the fisher flyer which incorporated a new fuselage and tail and the existing wings from the ufm easy riser hang glider and the fisher barnstormer a negative stagger biplane . plans and kits for the latter design were offered in the early 1980s . 11 on 15 january 2014 president paul riedlinger announced that the company was for sale . 12 in md 2014 the company was sold to dave hertner owner of effectus aeroproducts . he is planning to continue on producing fisher flying products kits and providing support for the fisher flying community . citation needed aircraft edit fisher fp 101 fisher celebrity biplane the company currently has 15 different designs available and had over 3 500 aircraft flying in 2007 . 2 summary of aircraft built by fisher model name first flight number built as of type replica of or inspired by fisher flyer 1980 1 single seat biplane ultralight ufm easy riser fisher barnstormer 1982 single seat negative stagger biplane ultralight fisher boomerang 1982 single seat high wing ultralight fisher culex tandem 2 seat twin engined mid wing monoplane fisher mariah tandem 2 seat low wing monoplane fisher fp 101 1982 single seat high wing ultralight piper j 3 cub fisher fp 202 koala 1981 325 2004 single seat high wing ultralight piper j 3 cub fisher fp 303 1982 200 2004 low wing single seat ultralight fisher super koala 1983 100 2004 two seat high wing amateur built piper j 3 cub fisher fp 404 1984 350 2004 single seat biplane amateur built single seat version of fisher classic fisher fp 505 skeeter 1984 50 2004 single seat parasol wing ultralight pietenpol air camper fisher fp 606 sky baby 1986 25 2004 single seat high wing ultralight cessna 150 fisher classic 1987 150 2004 two seat biplane amateur built two seat version of fisher fp 404 fisher celebrity 1989 30 2004 two seat biplane amateur built fisher horizon 1 1990 50 2004 two seat high wing amateur built bellanca citabria fisher horizon 2 1991 30 2004 two seat high wing amateur built o 1 bird dog fisher dakota hawk 1993 25 2004 high wing two seat amateur built fisher avenger 1994 50 2004 low wing single seat ultralight fisher r 80 tiger moth 1994 6 2004 two seat biplane amateur built de havilland tiger moth fisher youngster 1994 10 2004 single seat biplane amateur built b cker b 133 jungmeister references edit a b flight global archive 1984 . fisher fp 202 super koala . retrieved 2009 10 18 . a b c experimental aircraft association may 2007 . end of an era for fisher flying products . retrieved 2009 10 18 . a b downey julia kit aircraft directory 2005 kitplanes volume 21 number 12 december 2004 page 57 . belvoir publications . issn 0891 1851 a b purdy don aerocrafter homebuilt aircraft sourcebook pages 158 162 . bai communications . isbn 0 9636409 4 1 a b kitplanes staff 1999 kit aircraft directory kitplanes volume 15 number 12 december 1998 page 47 . primedia publications . ipm 0462012 a b cliche andre ultralight aircraft shopper s guide 8th edition page b 22 cybair limited publishing 2001 . isbn 0 9680628 1 4 a b c d fisher flying products n.d. . history . retrieved 2009 10 16 . avweb staff july 2000 . fisher tiger moth replicas to let you see africa low and slow . retrieved 2009 10 18 . taylor john wr janes all the worlds aircraft 1986 87 page 662 janes publishing company 1986 . isbn 0 7106 0835 7 kitplanes magazine january 2009 . fisher flying reintroduces two aircraft . retrieved 2009 10 18 . taylor john wr janes all the worlds aircraft 1982 83 page 642 janes publishing company 1982 . isbn 0 7106 0748 2 riedlinger paul 15 january 2014 . changes at ffp we are going plans only . fisher flying products . retrieved 15 january 2014 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to fisher flying products aircraft . official website v t e fisher flying products aircraft avenger barnstormer boomerang celebrity classic culex dakota hawk flyer fp 101 fp 202 koala fp 303 fp 404 fp 505 skeeter fp 606 sky baby horizon 1 horizon 2 mariah r 80 tiger moth super koala youngster retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title fisher flying products & oldid 697446207 categories aircraft manufacturers of canadahidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from august 2014commons 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 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