In the early ’60s, Chrysler acquired West Bend Outboard and Elgin, giving it one-third of the outboard-motor market. After adding Lonestar Boat of Plano, Texas, to its holdings, it had in-house factories and patents on a hull-manufacturing concern. The
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The SkiGull is being developed and funded privately, and had its first test flight in November 2015. Rutan was approached by Gene Sheehan and Tom Jewett to develop a single-seat private sport plane. Following a preliminary canard project , a tandem win