Marske Aircraft

Marske Aircraft Corporation
Privately held company
Industry Aerospace
Founder Jim Marske
Headquarters Marion, Ohio, United States
Products Gliders
Owner Jim Marske
Website www.marskeaircraft.com

Marske Aircraft Corporation is an American aircraft design firm founded by Jim Marske (born 1938) and based in Marion, Ohio. The company specializes in the design of tailless gliders primarily for amateur construction.[1][2][3]

Marske's first design was the Marske XM-1, constructed in 1957 when he was 19 years old. The design was an experiment and only one was constructed. The Marske Pioneer series first flew in 1968 and has been developed through the all-composite construction Pioneer III model. The Marske Monarch is a tailless ultralight glider that was first flown in 1974, during the early heyday of hang glider flying. The Monarch can be built as a powered self-launching sailplane or as a pure glider, depending on whether an engine is installed.[1][2][3][4]

Marske also collaborated with US aerodynamicist John Roncz in 1992 on the design of the LAK Genesis 2 that was produced for a time in Lithuania, 27 having been completed. The Genesis was the first production aircraft to use Graphlite carbon rods for the spars.[3][4]

Aircraft

Marske Pioneer.
 Summary of aircraft built by Marske Aircraft
Model name First flight Number built Type
Marske XM-1 1957 1 tailless glider
Marske Pioneer 1968 at least 17 tailless glider
Marske Monarch 1974 tailless ultralight glider

References

  1. 1 2 Said, Bob: 1983 Sailplane Directory, Soaring Magazine, pp. 15, 46, 122. Soaring Society of America, November 1983. USPS 499-920
  2. 1 2 Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04, p. 57. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster OK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X
  3. 1 2 3 Purdy, Don: AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, p. 307. BAI Communications, July 1998. ISBN 0-9636409-4-1
  4. 1 2 Marske Aircraft Corp. "About Jim Marske - Marske Aircraft Corp.". Retrieved 9 March 2015.
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