St Croix Aircraft, was an American manufacturer of wooden

propellers A propeller (colloquially often called a screw if on a ship or an airscrew if on an aircraft) is a device with a rotating hub and radiating blades that are set at a pitch to form a helical spiral which, when rotated, exerts linear thrust upon ...

for

homebuilt Homebuilt machines are machines built outside of specialised workshops or factories. This can include different things such as kit cars or homebuilt computers, but normally it pertains to homebuilt aircraft, also known as amateur-built aircraft ...

and

ultralight aircraft Ultralight aviation (called microlight aviation in some countries) is the flying of lightweight, 1- or 2-seat fixed-wing aircraft. Some countries differentiate between weight-shift control and conventional three-axis control aircraft with aile ...

and a supplier of aircraft plans and kits. The company headquarters was located in

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.Purdy, Don: ''AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook'', pages 85 and 247. BAI Communications. Cliche, Andre: ''Ultralight Aircraft Shopper's Guide'' 8th Edition, page E-15. Cybair Limited Publishing, 2001. Downey, Julia: ''1999 Plans Aircraft Directory'', Kitplanes, Volume 16, Number 1, January 1999, page 67. Primedia Publications. ISSN 0891-1851 The company's propellers were constructed from

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maple ''Acer'' () is a genus of trees and shrubs commonly known as maples. The genus is placed in the family Sapindaceae.Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 9, June 2008 nd more or less continuously updated since ht ...

and

walnut A walnut is the edible seed of a drupe of any tree of the genus '' Juglans'' (family Juglandaceae), particularly the Persian or English walnut, '' Juglans regia''. Although culinarily considered a "nut" and used as such, it is not a tru ...

and available in with two to five blades, in diameters up to for engines up to St Croix is probably best known for its Excelsior ultralight aircraft design.

Aircraft

* Aerial * AirCamper * Excelsior *

Sopwith Triplane The Sopwith Triplane was a British single seat fighter aircraft designed and manufactured by the Sopwith Aviation Company during the First World War. It has the distinction of being the first military triplane to see operational service. T ...

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