Alan Klapmeier is one step closer to being in the business of making aeroplanes. His recycled aircraft, the JP-10 Kestrel, is now at home at a recycled airport - Naval Air Station Brunswick in Maine.
The general aviation visionary, best known for bringing the Cirrus Aircraft company to life with his brother, Dale, is now the head of Kestrel Aircraft. The plan is to redesign the six-seat composite turboshaft-powered Kestrel, formerly known as the Farnborough Aircraft Kestrel, at the former Brunswick Naval Air Station in Brunswick, Maine, by 2013 or so. Brunswick is soon to open as a civilan airport.
A required first step was getting the proof-of-concept JP-10 to Maine, which Klapmeier accomplished on 16 December, as evidenced by the pictures the company provided today. Klapmeier has said he'll have the new and improved prototype ready by fall 2011.
The company noted that while the airfield is not yet open to the public, the Navy granted "special permission" for the Kestrel to arrive.
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