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Hands, Mind, and Heart

What started as a handful of passionate enthusiasts has developed into a major force—and a significant component—of the aircraft industry.

Knight Twister

Biplane - Tube, Wood & Fabric

Knight TwisterKits/Plans:
Steen Aero Lab
1451 Clearmont St NE
Palm Bay FL 329058

Telephone: 321-725-4160
Fax: 321-725-3058
Email: info@steenaerolab.com
Website: http://www.steenaerolab.com

Notes:
The designer of the aircraft, Vernon Payne, is deceased.

Accessories & Services:
Dan Woodhurst
P. O. Box 7996
Santa Rosa, CA 95407

Telephone: 707-576-0537

Knight Twister kit builder who can build wings, fuselage, etc. for other builders.

Articles in EAA and related publications:

Year Month Page Magazine Article
2000 01 24 Sport Aviation Biplanes You Can Build - exert on Knight Twister (7 pages w/color photos)
99 10 44 Sport Aviation Knight Twister – Hale Wallace’s Baby Biplane Bullet
98 02 13 Sport Aviation 17th Annual Light Aircraft Construction Workshop (1pg w/color photo)
94 07 13 Sport Aviation Sam Burgess' Knight Twister Project
94 03 13 Sport Aviation Company formed to sell components
93 07 21 Experimenter Gilbert/Parker Twister 1961 w/F90hp (Knight Twister "Tiny Tiger")
89 08 51 Sport Aviation Fairbanks Twister - to EAA Museum
88 01 41 Sport Aviation Sabler Special - with C85 - Still Flying
81 05 22 Sport Aviation Tom Love's Twister in EAA Museum
75 06 BC Sport Aviation Color art work only, no article
71 09 31 Sport Aviation 100 Hour Pilot Flies a Knight Twister
71 06 16 Sport Aviation Knight Twister Imperial Article on N5DF
69 03 42 Sport Aviation Pretty Prairie Special III donated to Air Museum (2-place highly modified Knight Twister)
67 04 04 Sport Aviation Pretty Prairie Special, Long Nose Knight Twister
64 05 06 Sport Aviation Parson's Beautiful White Knight Twister
64 04 20 Sport Aviation Short article on Knight Twister
63 09 29 Sport Aviation Flight Report on Bubble Canopy Version
58 02 C,5 Sport Aviation Sabler Knight Special, a long Cowl C-85 version
58 01 15 Sport Aviation Inexperienced Pilot Flys One
56 01 11 Sport Aviation Straight-Wing Twister
55 02 10 Sport Aviation Redfern Twister
55 01 12 Sport Aviation High Powered Twister
54 12 03 Sport Aviation Peterson Twister
54 12 C,9 Sport Aviation Modified Twister (Cut-Down Cub Ribs & Spars)
54 04 02 Sport Aviation Effie's Twister
53 12 04 Sport Aviation High in Popularity - The Twister

EAA members can digitally view archived editions of Sport Aviation here.

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