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    Aerotique Parasol

    I'm looking for the construction details or plans of the Aerotique Parasol.

    Is ther anyone out there with knowlege about this bird?

    Bst rgds from France

    Erkki

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    Sorry no one has replied earlier. I'm not aware of a lot of detailed information available. Hopefully someone else will be able to help.

    I recall VULA (the Vintage Ultralight Association) http://vula2.org/index.html used to have scans of a long article on the Aerotique Parasol. You may have already located this site yourself, as there isn't much else that comes up when you Google search Aerotique Parasol.

    It was interesting. I believe the fuse was gussetted and riveted square aluminum tubing, and the whole truss structure weighed in at around 14 pounds, or something like that. I can't seem to get the links to work anymore, the site may now be defunct. There is contact information on the page, and maybe they can provide you the photos and scans of the article that used to be posted there.

    Similarly, there's the Texas Parasol, which is gussetted and riveted aluminum angle instead of square tubing. There's more information available online for that...including the ability to download plans...

    Good luck.

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    the guys who started Aerotique actually worked for me, and I'm afraid I dont know where they are at either. Roland Hostettler of Wichita Kansas may know. His father Duane was one of the designers.

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    Hello Mark

    Do you have any contacting details of MR. Roland Hostettler?

    I just made a quick web search and coudn't find him.

    Bst rgds Erkki

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    Roland

    No I do not, He used to live in Wichita. His father Duane, lived in a 1965 Ford Econoline van!! He would travel all over the Midwest hiring himself out to do aircraft restorations. The man was an incredible craftsman. I lost track of everyone when I left Wichita in 1998. there was another Partner named Stan ..... His last name escapes me. But he actually used to work for me at Wren Aviation. Stan worked for many years for Dave Blanton Sr at Javelin Aircraft. Maybe thats enough info to do a Google search.

    The Aerotique was a beautiful design, very light and designed around classic lines and construction.

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    Mark,
    I used to have Maintenance done at Mid Coast Aviation in St. Louis, Mo. in the early 90's and there was a mechanic (Stan I think) that said he and someone else had designed and built the Aerotique. I can't remember his last name but he seemed to know a lot about the airplane.
    Dick

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    I was the last plant manager for the construction of the Aerotique
    Parasol, a fire on March 23 of 2011 destroyed all the plans and photos,
    and complete building information for the Parasol, Tri-Star, and
    Kestrel. Bob Cowan died from a gunshot wound to the head in 84 and was
    listed as a suicide. I lost track of Stan Truman who walked away from
    the company in 83. As far as I know the plans and layouts I had were all
    that was left for the information on building the Parasol.

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    Hello bgcurtisThank you very much for responding to this thread.All what I have about the Aerotique Parasol is an article from the Ultralight flying magazine and some other kind of infos from the yahoo groups vula pages.I would have been more that happy, being able to build a replica of the AP, as I believe that it would still been attractive.Just too sad that this construction is disappearing.My very best regards from FranceErkki :-)

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    Hi Bgcurtis: You still have the plans and layouts? Is there any way I could see them or get a digital copy? The rectangle tube isn't readily available (that I can find) but I am trying to reverse engineer the Aerotique from pics and tongue in cheek. Any help? John

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    Too sad that everything was lost, as this bird is more then interessting.

    Do you remember a few things about it's construction?

    Bst rgds

    Erkki

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