Preceptor Aircraft

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| type = Private

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| fate = Out of business (2016)

| location = Lake Lure, North Carolina

| key_people = Bob Counts

| industry = Aerospace

| products = Homebuilt aircraft

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File:Preceptor Ultra Pup.jpg

Preceptor Aircraft was an American aircraft kit manufacturer located in Lake Lure, North Carolina and later in Rutherfordton, North Carolina, producing kits for homebuilt monoplanes. The company was previously named Nostalgair.Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 121. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. {{ISSN|1368-485X}}

After a period of inactivity, the company relaunched its website to deliver plans in 2013, although by 2017 the website was not operating{{cite web|url = http://ww2.preceptoraircraft.com/|title = preceptoraircraft.com|access-date = 13 October 2012|last = DomainSponsor.com|date = 13 October 2012|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151220140121/http://ww2.preceptoraircraft.com/|archive-date = 20 December 2015}}{{cite web|title=Preceptor Aircraft Company|date=20 June 2014|url=http://www.preceptorair.com/index.html}} and the company seems to have gone out of business in 2016.{{cite web|url= https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.preceptorair.com:80/index.html |title=Preceptor Air |website=Internet Archive Wayback Machine |access-date=13 May 2017}}{{cbignore}}

History

Preceptor Aircraft was originally called Nostalgair and based in San Antonio, Texas. N3 Pup construction was subcontracted to a Colorado company. Nostalgair and its sister company, Global Tool, (maker of Global engines), went out of business in 1986. Warren Mosler purchased the company's assets and appointed Bob Counts, designer of the N3 Pup, as president. Production moved to Winston-Salem, North Carolina.{{Cite journal|title=Li'L OL' SMOOTHIE...THE MOSLER ENGINE|journal=Sport Aviation|pages=57|date=April 1989}} By 1993, the company expanded to two buildings and produced as many as 40 kits per year.{{cite news|newspaper=The Times News|date=1 November 1993|author=Jim Woolridge}}

Aircraft

STOL King, a high wing STOL aircraft.{{cite web|url = http://www.preceptoraircraft.com/stolking.html |title = STOL King |access-date = 2010-04-20| last = |year = 2010}}
Ultra Pup, a two seat high wing aircraft.{{cite web|url = http://www.preceptoraircraft.com/ultrapup.html |title = Ultra Pup |access-date = 2010-04-20| last = |year = 2010}}
Super Pup, a single seat experimental high wing aircraft.{{cite web|url = http://www.preceptoraircraft.com/superpup.html |title = Super Pup |access-date = 2010-04-20| last = |year = 2010}}
N3 Pup, a single seat ultralight high wing aircraft.{{cite web|url = http://www.preceptoraircraft.com/n3pup.html |title = N3 Pup |access-date = 2010-04-20| last = |year = 2010}}
Stinger, a single seat ultralight high wing aircraft.Purdy, Don: AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition, page 224. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998. {{ISBN|0-9636409-4-1}}

References

External links

{{Official website|http://www.preceptorair.com}}

Category:Defunct aircraft manufacturers of the United States