Ellison-mahon Aircraft

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Ellison-Mahon Aircraft is an American aircraft development company located in the Seattle, Washington area. Its principals are Ben Ellison and Ross Mahon. In the early 1990s the designers began study of an amphibious aircraft. They settled on a twin-engine configuration similar to the Grumman Widgeon, which first flew in 1940, but planned on improving the takeoff characteristics and on using non-corroding materials for the structure. By 2006 they had built a composite-material prototype, which is based at the Renton Airport, and which uses nearby Lake Washington for water testing. The airplane is named Gweduck, borrowing on the name of the Native American shellfish that is indigenous to the Pacific Northwest. First flight of the prototype occurred on 02 May 2009.