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Mr. Sheehy comments that, \u201cBridger Aerospace and CubCrafters\nhave a relationship going back to 2016 when we worked together on a project for\nthe US Military. We frequently base near their factory in Yakima, Washington\nduring fire season, and I have always admired the passion the entire\nCubCrafters team has for aviation. I\u2019m honored to welcome the 1000th aircraft\nto our fleet.\u201d He continues, \u201cThe utility of this type of aircraft, especially\nfor remote areas with limited aviation infrastructure like Montana is\nfantastic, and this is CubCrafters top-of-the-line flagship model. We will\ndefinitely put it to good use in support of our mission of protecting the\nAmerican West from the threat of wildfires.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sheehy founded Bridger Aerospace in 2014 and has since done\neverything from sweeping floors to leading the company as CEO. From 2008 until\n2014, Mr. Sheehy served as a Navy SEAL officer and team leader. An active pilot\nwith Bridger\u2019s Air Attack and Super Scooper fleets, Mr. Sheehy is also a\nrancher and father to four young pilots in training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe are particularly excited that CubCrafters 1000th new\nproduction aircraft is going to someone who has served the citizens of this\nnation the way Mr. Sheehy has,\u201d notes CubCrafters President and CEO, Patrick\nHorgan. \u201cAs an American company, we really appreciate both our customers who\nare veterans and those who are business leaders, Mr. Sheehy is both. The fact\nthat he will soon be flying this new XCub is something we\u2019re all very gratified\nby. It confirms CubCrafters\u2019 position as General Aviation\u2019s best-in-class\nbackcountry aircraft manufacturer, meeting the expectations of customers like\nTim for both performance and safety.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The CC19-215 XCub is CubCrafters flagship aircraft. With the\nlargest engine, a 215 HP Lycoming IO-390 with dual electronic ignition, and the\nbest avionics, a modern lightweight Garmin glass panel with autopilot, the XCub\nboasts the most useful load, best range, and highest speed of the entire\nCubCrafters fleet. A fully FAA certified aircraft, it is sold for personal\nrecreational use, commercial utility purposes, flight training, and Government\nuse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cJim Richmond, our founder, would have been extremely proud\nof this moment,\u201d added Brad Damm, Vice President of CubCrafters. \u201cAlthough we\nlost Jim in 2021, this was exactly his vision, a strong American company\ncontinuing to design and manufacture fun and safe backcountry aircraft with\namazing performance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In addition to 1000 new CubCrafters production aircraft\nmanufactured, the Company has delivered hundreds of backcountry aircraft kits\nand innumerable major rebuilds and upgrades to the classic Piper Super Cub\nduring its 43-year history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
CubCrafters achieved a major milestone in its company history by delivering its 1000th new aircraft on December 19, 2023, to Tim Sheehy, CEO of Bridger Aerospace, in Bozeman, Montana. The milestone aircraft, a CubCrafters CC19-215 XCub, was delivered in Bridger Aerospace firefighting livery, the paint scheme itself a tribute to the company\u2019s fleet of Canadair […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":27474,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[115],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/CubCrafters-1000th-Aircraft-12-20-23-edit.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27473"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27476,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27473\/revisions\/27476"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}