Fisher Flying Products is a Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 aircraft manufacturer that produces kits for a wide line of light aircraft. The company's kits all feature wooden construction with aircraft fabric covering. Many of the designs are reproductions of classic aircraft, such as the company's 80% Fisher R-80 Tiger Moth that is based upon the de Havilland Tiger Moth

De Havilland Tiger Moth

The de Havilland DH 82 Tiger Moth is a 1930s biplane designed by Geoffrey de Havilland and was operated by the Royal Air Force and others as a primary trainer. The Tiger Moth remained in service with the RAF until replaced by the de Havilland Chipmunk in 1952, when many of the surplus aircraft...

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History

Founded by Michael E. Fisher and Wayne Ison in the early 1980s as Lite Flite Inc, Aero Visions and later Fisher Aero Corporation, ownership of Fisher Flying Products was later passed to Gene and Darlene Jackson-Hanson in 1984. The company was originally based in South Webster, Ohio

South Webster, Ohio

South Webster is a village in northeast Scioto County, Ohio, United States. It lies along State Route 140, and the population was 764 at the 2000 census.South Webster was platted by John Bennett in 1853...

 and later Edgeley, North Dakota

Edgeley, North Dakota

As of the census of 2000, there were 637 people, 293 households, and 162 families residing in the city. The population density was 870.1 people per square mile . There were 336 housing units at an average density of 458.9 per square mile . The racial makeup of the city was 99.37% White, and 0.63%...

, USA

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

. In 2007 the Jackson-Hansons decided to sell the company and retire.

The company was purchased and moved to Woodbridge, Ontario

Woodbridge, Ontario

Woodbridge is a large suburban community in the City of Vaughan, just north of Toronto in Southern Ontario. It was once an independent town before being amalgamated with nearby communities to form the city in 1971. Its traditional downtown core is the Woodbridge Ave...

, Canada

Canada

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. By early 2009 the new owners had re-established the manufacturing operation and commenced producing kits, starting with the Dakota Hawk

Fisher Dakota Hawk

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 and the FP-202

Fisher FP-202 Koala

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. By late 2009 all kits were once again available.

The first two designs the company built were the Fisher Flyer

Fisher Flyer

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, which incorporated a new fuselage and tail and the existing wings from the UFM Easy Riser

UFM Easy Riser

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 hang glider and the Fisher Barnstormer, a negative stagger

Stagger (aviation)

In aviation stagger refers to the horizontal positioning of a biplane, triplane, or multiplane's wings in relation to one another.An aircraft is said to have positive stagger, or simply stagger, when the upper wing is positioned forward of the lower wing, such as the de Havilland Tiger Moth or...

 biplane

Biplane

A biplane is a fixed-wing aircraft with two superimposed main wings. The Wright brothers' Wright Flyer used a biplane design, as did most aircraft in the early years of aviation. While a biplane wing structure has a structural advantage, it produces more drag than a similar monoplane wing...

. Plans and kits for the latter design were offered in the early 1980s.

Aircraft

The company currently has 15 different designs available and had over 3,500 aircraft flying in 2007.

Summary of aircraft built by Fisher

Model name	First flight	Number built (as of)	Type	Replica of, or inspired by
Fisher Flyer Fisher Flyer |-See also:...		1	Single seat biplane ultralight	UFM Easy Riser UFM Easy Riser -See also:-External links:*...
Fisher Barnstormer			Single seat negative stagger biplane ultralight
Fisher Boomerang			Single seat high wing ultralight
Fisher Culex			Tandem 2-seat twin-engined mid-wing monoplane
Fisher Mariah			Tandem 2-seat low-wing monoplane
Fisher FP-101			Single seat high wing ultralight	Piper J-3 Cub
Fisher FP-202 Koala Fisher FP-202 Koala |-See also:-External links:****...		325 (2004)	Single seat high wing ultralight	Piper J-3 Cub
Fisher FP-303 Fisher FP-303 |-See also:-External links:**...		200 (2004)	Low wing, single seat ultralight
Fisher Super Koala Fisher FP-202 Koala |-See also:-External links:****...		100 (2004)	Two seat high wing amateur-built	Piper J-3 Cub
Fisher FP-404 Fisher FP-404 |-See also:-External links:**...		350 (2004)	Single seat biplane amateur-built	Single seat version of Fisher Classic Fisher Classic |-See also:-External links:**...
Fisher FP-505 Skeeter Fisher FP-505 Skeeter |-See also:-External links:**...		50 (2004)	Single seat parasol wing Parasol wing A parasol wing monoplane is an aircraft design in which the wing is not mounted directly to the fuselage, but rather, the fuselage is supported beneath it by a set of struts, called cabane struts...  ultralight	Pietenpol Air Camper Pietenpol Air Camper -See also:- External links :* * * * *...
Fisher FP-606 Sky Baby Fisher FP-606 Sky Baby |-See also:-External links:**...		25 (2004)	Single seat high wing ultralight	Cessna 150 Cessna 150 The Cessna 150 is a two-seat tricycle gear general aviation airplane, that was designed for flight training, touring and personal use.The Cessna 150 is the seventh most produced civilian plane ever, with 23,839 aircraft produced...
Fisher Classic Fisher Classic |-See also:-External links:**...		150 (2004)	Two seat biplane amateur-built	Two seat version of Fisher FP-404 Fisher FP-404 |-See also:-External links:**...
Fisher Celebrity Fisher Celebrity |-See also:-External links:*...		30 (2004)	Two seat biplane amateur-built
Fisher Horizon 1		50 (2004)	Two seat high wing amateur-built	Bellanca Citabria
Fisher Horizon 2		30 (2004)	Two seat high wing amateur-built	O-1 Bird Dog
Fisher Dakota Hawk Fisher Dakota Hawk |-See also:-External links:**...		25 (2004)	High wing two seat amateur-built
Fisher Avenger Fisher Avenger |-See also:-External links:***...		50 (2004)	Low wing, single seat ultralight
Fisher R-80 Tiger Moth		6 (2004)	Two seat biplane amateur-built	de Havilland Tiger Moth De Havilland Tiger Moth The de Havilland DH 82 Tiger Moth is a 1930s biplane designed by Geoffrey de Havilland and was operated by the Royal Air Force and others as a primary trainer. The Tiger Moth remained in service with the RAF until replaced by the de Havilland Chipmunk in 1952, when many of the surplus aircraft...
Fisher Youngster		10 (2004)	Single seat biplane amateur-built	Bücker Bü 133 Jungmeister Bücker Bü 133 |-See also:-Bibliography:* König, Erwin. Bücker Bü 133 "Jungmeister" . D-86669 Stengelheim, Germany: Unitec Medienvertrieb e.K.,...

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