Carlson Aircraft

Carlson Aircraft is an American aircraft design and manufacturing company based in East Palestine, Ohio.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]}

Carlson Aircraft

Company type	Private company
Industry	Aerospace
Founder	Ernst W. Carlson
Headquarters	East Palestine, Ohio , United States
Key people	CEO: Ernst W. Carlson
Products	Aircraft components formerly Aircraft kits
Owner	Team Mini-Max
Website	carlsonaircraft-extrusions.com

The company was acquired by Team Mini-Max in April 2020.^[10]

History

Ernst W. Carlson founded Carlson Aircraft to market his Carlson Sparrow ultralight aircraft designs as aircraft kits. He later added the Criquet, a 75% scale replica of the Fieseler Fi 156 Storch Second World War liaison aircraft and the Carlson Skycycle, a replica of the A. Hanford Eckman designed Piper PA-8 Skycycle of 1945. In the late 2000s Carlson sold the Sparrow line to Skyline Technologies' of Salem, Ohio, but that company no longer produces the Sparrow series. Today Carlson Aircraft produces wings, wing components and fuel tanks.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]}

Aircraft

Summary of aircraft built by Carlson Aircraft

Model name	First flight	Number built (as of date)	Type
Sparrow UL		100 (2001)	High wing, single seat ultralight aircraft
Sparrow II		60 (2004)	Two seat side-by-side seating, high wing, homebuilt aircraft development of the single seat Sparrow UL
Sparrow Sport Special		37 (2007)	Single seat, high wing, US homebuilt
Sparrow II XTC		34 (2007)	Two seat side-by-side seating with dual controls
Criquet	1999	1 (2010)	High-wing, two seat, Fieseler Fi 156 Storch replica
Skycycle	1995	1 (2010)	Low wing, single seat Piper PA-8 replica