Leading Edge Air Foils

{{Short description|American aircraft parts supplier}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2022}} {{Use American English|date=January 2022}} {{Infobox company | name = Leading Edge Air Foils LLC | logo = Leading Edge Air Foils Logo 2015.png | logo_size = 250px | caption = | type = [[Privately held company]] | traded_as = | fate = | predecessor = | successor = | foundation = 1980s | founder = Bill Raisner | defunct =  | hq_location = | hq_location_city = [[Lyons, Wisconsin]] | hq_location_country = [[United States]] | area_served = | key_people = | industry = [[Aerospace]] | products = [[Kit aircraft]], [[aircraft part]]s, [[aircraft engine]]s | services = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | assets = | equity = | owner = Bill Read and Mary Myers | num_employees = | parent = [[Wag-Aero]] | divisions = | subsid = | homepage = {{URL|www.leadingedge-airfoils.com}} | footnotes = | intl = }} [[File:Early Bird JN-4 Jenny C-GCLU 02.jpg|thumb|right|[[Early Bird Jenny]]]] [[File:Early Bird JN-4 Jenny C-GCLU instrument panel 04.jpg|thumb|right|[[Early Bird Jenny]] instrument panel]] '''Leading Edge Air Foils LLC''' (formerly '''Leading Edge Air Foils, Inc.'''), usually called '''LEAF''', is an American [[aircraft part]]s supplier based in [[Lyons, Wisconsin]]. It is a US [[limited liability company]].<ref name="Aerocrafter">Purdy, Don: ''AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition'', pages 147, 193, 194 and 235. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998. {{ISBN|0-9636409-4-1}}</ref><ref name="KitplanesJan1999">Kitplanes Staff: ''1999 Plans Aircraft Directory'', Kitplanes, Volume 16, Number 1, January 1999, page 56. Primedia Publications. IPM 0462012</ref><ref name="KitplanesFeb2000">Downey, Julia: ''2000 Trike and 'Chute Directory'', Kitplanes, Volume 17, Number 2, February 2000, page 46. Kitplanes Acquisition Company. ISSN 0891-1851</ref><ref name="KitplanesJan2003">Downey, Julia: ''2003 Plans Aircraft Directory'', Kitplanes, Volume 20, Number 1, January 2003, page 18. Primedia Publications. ISSN 0891-1851</ref><ref name="Cliche">Cliche, Andre: ''Ultralight Aircraft Shopper's Guide'' 8th Edition, pages B-43, C-29 and E-48 Cybair Limited Publishing, 2001. {{ISBN|0-9680628-1-4}}</ref><ref name="Raisner">Raisner, William: ''LEAF catalog'', pages 409-412 and 416. Leading Edge Airfoils, 1995.</ref>

The company was founded by Bill Raisner in [[Peyton, Colorado]], in the 1980s and claims to be the oldest [[ultralight aircraft]] parts supplier. The company specializes in the provision of aircraft parts and [[aircraft engine]]s and in the past supplied [[kit aircraft]] for [[Homebuilt aircraft|amateur construction]] and ready-to-fly aircraft under the US [[FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles]] rules.<ref name="Aerocrafter"/><ref name="KitplanesJan1999"/><ref name="KitplanesFeb2000"/><ref name="KitplanesJan2003"/><ref name="Cliche"/><ref name="Raisner"/>

The company is owned by Bill Read and Mary Myers and is part of the [[Wag-Aero]] group of companies.<ref name="GAN">{{cite news|url = http://generalaviationnews.com/2005/08/05/wag-aero-buys-safe-air-repair/|title = Wag-Aero buys Safe Air Repair|accessdate = 17 February 2015|last = GAN Staff|date = 5 August 2005| work = General Aviation News}}</ref> At one time a subsidiary, Raisner Aircraft Depot (RAD), sold the aircraft kits.<ref name="Raisner"/>

LEAF at one time offered kits and parts for other designer's aircraft, such as Dennis Wiley's [[Early Bird Jenny]], Graham Lee's [[Circa Reproductions Nieuport]], the [[J & J Ultralights Tukan]] and [[Antares MA-32]] [[ultralight trike]]s, as well as two of Raisner's own designs, the [[Raisner Graffiti]] two seat trike and the [[LEAF Trike]] single seat trike. The company has long been a [[Rotax]] aircraft engine dealer and overhaul facility.<ref name="Aerocrafter"/><ref name="KitplanesJan1999"/><ref name="KitplanesFeb2000"/><ref name="KitplanesJan2003"/><ref name="Cliche"/><ref name="Raisner"/>

== Aircraft ==

{| class="wikitable" align=center style="font-size:90%;" |- |+ align=center style="background:#BFD7FF"| Summary of aircraft built by LEAF |- style="background:#efefef;" ! Model name ! First flight ! Number built ! Type

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category|Early Bird Jenny}} *{{Official website|http://www.leadingedge-airfoils.com/}} {{LEAF aircraft}}

[[Category:Aircraft manufacturers of the United States]] [[Category:Ultralight aircraft]] [[Category:Homebuilt aircraft]] [[Category:Ultralight trikes]]