
**Experimental Amateur-Built (E-AB)** aircraft — popularly called *homebuilts* — are aircraft whose major portion was fabricated and assembled by private individuals for their own education or recreation, rather than by a factory holding an FAA type certificate. Because each is built one at a time from a kit, a set of plans, or an entirely original design, no two are exactly alike, and the category spans everything from sleek Van's RV cross-country machines to Burt Rutan's canard designs and countless one-off creations. This page groups these unique, owner-built aircraft together, since they share a certification pathway rather than a single standardized type.
View in Encyclopedia| HEX CODE | |||||
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| COLUMBIA HELICOPTERS INC | 1962 | 4001 | OR | A14FC2 | |
| COLUMBIA HELICOPTERS INC | 1967 | 4011 | OR | A16FD3 |
