Wed, Feb 26, 2003
After
a tumultuous year in which tribal politics pretty much brought
Seminole owned Micco Aircraft to a halt, LanShe Aerospace claims
that it is the new owner of the company and the two
type-certificated aircraft it once produced.
Wadi Rahim, President of LanShe Aerospace, LLC., claims that
LanShe has completed acquisition of the assets of the Micro
Aircraft Company, based in Ft. Pierce. Florida. LanShe also plans
to produce current models of Lake single engine amphibious
aircraft under license from Global Amphibians, Type Certificate
owner of the Lake family of aircraft. Lake aircraft are
manufactured in Bedford, Maine with completions conducted in
Florida.
Micco previously manufactured the type certificated SP-20 and
SP-26 utility and acrobatic category two place aircraft. Deliveries
of new Micco aircraft had been discontinued last year in the midst
of a political uprising in which Seminole Chief James Billie was
ousted and the company's activities curtailed by the tribe's
leaders who apparently didn't look favorably on the Billie-created
enterprise. Rahim claims that all assets of Micco will remain at
the original St. Lucie County International Airport facility and
that efforts are "well underway" to resume production of both Micco
and Lake models to meet market demand. Rahim also claims that
several Micro aircraft are available for immediate delivery,
although sources indicate that this may be highly problematic and
that a number of obstacles remain before those aircraft can leave
the factory as new, certified, aircraft.
In its heyday, Micco had close to 100 employees and was actively
involved in aircraft production, producing a dozen aircraft in
2001. Nothing has left the factory for quite a while, and a
skeleton crew is all that remains of the original group, though
Rahim is reportedly trying to hire back a number of former Micco
staffers with mixed success. Rahim recently stated that he hopes to
build about 20 Micco SP-20s or SP-26s a year, in addition to 6-12
Lake amphibs annually. This effort is expected to require a staff
of 70 people. More info to follow...
FMI: LanShe Aerospace LLC. 772-464-9996
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