Marske Aircraft Corporation was an American aircraft design firm founded by Jim Marske (born 1938) and based in

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. The company specialized in the design of tailless gliders primarily for amateur construction.Said, Bob: ''1983 Sailplane Directory,

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'', pp. 15, 46, 122. Soaring Society of America, November 1983. USPS 499-920Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', p. 57. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster OK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485XPurdy, Don: ''AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook'', p. 307. BAI Communications, July 1998. Marske's first design was the

Marske XM-1 The Marske XM-1 was an American mid-wing, single-seat, experimental tailless glider that was designed and built by Jim Marske in 1957. Experimentation with the XM-1 lead to the final configuration of the later Marske Pioneer. Design and d ...

, 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

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flying. The Monarch can be built as a powered self-launching sailplane or as a pure glider, depending on whether an engine is installed. Marske also collaborated with US aerodynamicist

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in 1992 on the design of the LAK Genesis 2 that was produced for a time in

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, 27 having been completed. The Genesis was the first production aircraft to use Graphlite carbon rods for the

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* {{Marske Aircraft Defunct aircraft manufacturers of the United States Glider aircraft Homebuilt aircraft Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1973