Leading Edge Air Foils LLC
TypePrivately held company
IndustryAerospace
Founded1980s
FounderBill Raisner
Headquarters
Lyons, Wisconsin
,
United States
ProductsKit aircraft, aircraft parts, aircraft engines
OwnerBill Read and Mary Myers
ParentWag-Aero
Websitewww.leadingedge-airfoils.com
Early Bird Jenny
Early Bird Jenny instrument panel

Leading Edge Air Foils LLC (formerly Leading Edge Air Foils, Inc.), usually called LEAF, is an American aircraft parts supplier based in Lyons, Wisconsin. It is a US limited liability company.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

The company was founded by Bill Raisner in Peyton, Colorado, in the 1980s and claims to be the oldest ultralight aircraft parts supplier. The company specializes in the provision of aircraft parts and aircraft engines and in the past supplied kit aircraft for amateur construction and ready-to-fly aircraft under the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles rules.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

The company is owned by Bill Read and Mary Myers and is part of the Wag-Aero group of companies.[7] At one time a subsidiary, Raisner Aircraft Depot (RAD), sold the aircraft kits.[6]

LEAF at one time offered kits and parts for other designer's aircraft, such as Dennis Wiley's Early Bird Jenny, Graham Lee's Circa Reproductions Nieuport, the J & J Ultralights Tukan and Antares MA-32 ultralight trikes, as well as two of Raisner's own designs, the Raisner Graffiti two seat trike and the LEAF Trike single seat trike. The company has long been a Rotax aircraft engine dealer and overhaul facility.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Aircraft

Summary of aircraft built by LEAF
Model name First flight Number built Type
Early Bird Jenny Biplane kit aircraft
Circa Reproductions Nieuport Biplane kit aircraft
J & J Ultralights Tukan Two-seat ultralight trike
Antares MA-32 200 (as of 2005) Two-seat ultralight trike
Raisner Graffiti circa 1997 Two-seat ultralight trike
LEAF Trike 1980s Single-seat ultralight trike

References

  1. 1 2 3 Purdy, Don: AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition, pages 147, 193, 194 and 235. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998. ISBN 0-9636409-4-1
  2. 1 2 3 Kitplanes Staff: 1999 Plans Aircraft Directory, Kitplanes, Volume 16, Number 1, January 1999, page 56. Primedia Publications. IPM 0462012
  3. 1 2 3 Downey, Julia: 2000 Trike and 'Chute Directory, Kitplanes, Volume 17, Number 2, February 2000, page 46. Kitplanes Acquisition Company. ISSN 0891-1851
  4. 1 2 3 Downey, Julia: 2003 Plans Aircraft Directory, Kitplanes, Volume 20, Number 1, January 2003, page 18. Primedia Publications. ISSN 0891-1851
  5. 1 2 3 Cliche, Andre: Ultralight Aircraft Shopper's Guide 8th Edition, pages B-43, C-29 and E-48 Cybair Limited Publishing, 2001. ISBN 0-9680628-1-4
  6. 1 2 3 4 Raisner, William: LEAF catalog, pages 409-412 and 416. Leading Edge Airfoils, 1995.
  7. ↑ GAN Staff (August 5, 2005). "Wag-Aero buys Safe Air Repair". General Aviation News. Retrieved February 17, 2015.
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