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21-672: Brantly may refer to: Brantly International , American aviation manufacturer Brantly, given name Brantly Womack , American scholar Brantly, surname Keith Brantly , American long-distance runner Rob Brantly , American baseball player Justin Brantly , American football player Kent Brantly , American physician and author Newby O. Brantly , American inventor and entrepreneur Susan Brantly , American scholar Theodore Brantly , American jurist See also [ edit ] Brantley (disambiguation) Topics referred to by

42-598: A deal approved by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Michigan as part of the Chapter 7 liquidation process. MidTex planned to manufacture parts for the existing Enstrom fleet and also build new aircraft, through the formation of a new company, Enstrom Aerospace Industries, to be located in the old Enstrom plant at Menominee, Michigan . MidTex Aviation's financing was not secured and

63-519: A project that was not completed until over 20 years later. The lack of success with this venture led the piston engine variants to languish and the Purex stake was bought by F. Lee Bailey , a well-known American criminal defense attorney, in January 1971, changing to the current name. Bailey was an enthusiastic entrepreneur and soon had the factory producing over a hundred helicopters per year. He also orchestrated

84-630: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Brantly International The company started out 1945 as Brantly Helicopter Corporation in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , founded by Newby O. Brantly . Brantly was so impressed with the Sikorsky VS-300 that he decided to design his own helicopter. In 1946 his first helicopter, the Brantly B-1 with coaxial rotors made its first flight . The B-1

105-589: Is now the only manufacturer of the B-2B helicopter. Enstrom Helicopter Corporation The Enstrom Helicopter Corporation is an American helicopter aerospace manufacturer , based at the Menominee–Marinette Twin County Airport in Michigan , United States. The company was founded in 1959 by mining engineer Rudolph J. "Rudy" Enstrom, initially as the R.J. Enstrom Corp. The company

126-520: The Great Recession considerably slowed its output and the company dropped to only 60 employees. It built only six helicopters in 2010. By early 2013 with Chinese investment the company was expanding, having increased its workforce to 200 people and planned to expand its physical facilities, due to increased sales, mostly in Asia. In 2013 the company built 26 helicopters. The company produced three models,

147-573: The Segway PT people-mover. Kamen worked to improve the company's existing products and to introduce the turbine-powered 480, which was originally developed as a response to a request for bids on a military training helicopter. The company was sold to an unnamed Swiss investor in 2000; Kamen remained with the company as an advisor. In January 2013 the company was purchased by the Chongqing Helicopter Investment Corporation of

168-483: The F-28, the more aerodynamic 280 and the turbine-engined 480, each with their own variants. The F-28 and 280 are powered by Lycoming piston engines similar to those found in general aviation fixed-wing aircraft . A hallmark of Enstrom's helicopter designs was the lack of exposed pitch change links for the main rotor, as the mechanisms are contained inside the hollow main rotor shaft, lowering aerodynamic drag . Enstrom

189-687: The People's Republic of China. Jerry M. Mullins was president and CEO of Heli-Dyne Systems Inc. in Hurst, Texas before he succeeded the former CEO Peter Parsinen. Prior to Mullins, the president and chief executive officer was Steve Daniels. Since delivering their first helicopter shortly after the Federal Aviation Administration type certification of the F-28 model in April 1965, Enstrom produced over 1,100 helicopters, up to July 2011. However,

210-543: The company declared Chapter 7 bankruptcy due to "several financial difficulties". Technical support for Enstrom customers ceased on January 19, 2022 and the Menominee factory closed on January 21, 2022. At the time of its closure the company had 30 employees. A number of companies expressed interest in buying the company's assets and re-opening the business. MidTex Aviation intended to purchase Enstrom's assets in March 2022, in

231-567: The development and certification of the 280 Shark, which was introduced to the market in 1974. It was an immediate sales success. Encouraged, Bailey embarked the design of a four-place stretched version of the Shark (designated 280L Hawk), but the combination of technical problems with this development and a cooling economy drained the company's financial reserves, and Bailey sold the company in 1979. Since then it has changed hands several times. Owners have included Victor Kiam and Dean Kamen , developer of

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252-456: The group was incorporated as the R.J. Enstrom Co. (1959). The company's first product was the piston-powered F-28 (1965). However, Enstrom had been removed from the company before that product came onto the market, although the company continued to carry his name. In October 1968, a controlling interest in Enstrom was bought by Purex Industries , who wanted to develop a turbine powered version,

273-436: The purchase failed. In May 2022 Surack Enterprises purchased Enstrom with the initial aim of restarting parts production, followed by helicopter production and the development of new products to "improve and update" the Enstrom fleet. In December 2022, the company was granted an FAA production certificate, allowing the manufacturing of parts under company quality control. The first new-production helicopter, an Enstrom 480B ,

294-597: The rights were acquired as Brantly Operators Inc. by Michael K. Hynes . He renamed the company in 1975 as Brantly-Hynes Helicopter Inc. Later that year, the Franklin Capital Corp, headed by F. Lee Bailey who also owned Enstrom Helicopter Corporation at that time, purchased the company. Brantly-Hynes originally were just providing product support but later placed the B-2 and 305 back into production. The new factory in Vernon

315-519: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Brantly . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brantly&oldid=682657412 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with given-name-holder lists Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description

336-564: The same year it entered production. Lear Jet acquired the Brantly Helicopter Corporation in 1966; at this time the 180,000 sq ft (17,000 m ) factory in Frederick, Oklahoma had 100 employees. The factory moved to Wichita, Kansas in 1969. Aeronautical Research & Development Corporation (ARDC) bought all the rights to Brantly helicopters from Lear Jet in 1969, but they ended operations in early 1970. In 1972,

357-636: Was bought by the Chongqing Helicopter Investment Corporation in 2013 and went out of business in January 2022. Surack Enterprises purchased the assets of the company from bankruptcy in May 2022 and production was restarted, with the first helicopter completed in January 2023. Enstrom began by attempting to design his own helicopter. His lack of training in this area meant that his first efforts were not outstanding, but his efforts were noticed by local Upper Peninsula businessmen, who decided to back him. They recruited several experienced aeronautical engineers , and

378-577: Was built 1989 by Japanese-American businessman James T. Kimura, who renamed the company as Brantly International. In 1994, the ownership was transferred to a Beijing-based company, FESCO. In 1996, they achieved an FAA production certificate. In 2007, Cheng Shenzong, referred to as the "helicopter king" in China, acquired a major interest in the company, and a joint venture between Brantly International Inc, Qingdao Wenquan International Aviation Investment Co., Ltd, and Qingdao Brantly Investment Consultation Co., Ltd.

399-653: Was contracted by the Venezuelan government in 2014 to supply sixteen training variants of the Enstrom 480 helicopter to the country's armed forces. The deal marked the first time Venezuela had purchased a helicopter from a U.S. manufacturer in a decade. The deal included spare parts and technical assistance. The first of the helicopters were delivered in October 2015. Enstrom ranked third in sales of piston helicopters, with 22 machines delivered in 2018 and 16 in 2019. In January 2022

420-539: Was established. The factory at the Wilbarger County Airport closed at the end of 2010, and engineering and administrative offices of Brantly moved to Coppell, Texas . Not many helicopters were sold in the last years of manufacturing in Texas. The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) statistic for US Civil Helicopter Shipments between 1981 and 2007 showed 12 delivered B-2Bs. Qingdao Haili Helicopters Co. Ltd.

441-597: Was not put into production. Using lessons learned from the B-1, he decided to build a two-seater with a simple rotor design. This helicopter, the Brantly B-2 , made its first flight 1953. In 1957 the company moved to Frederick, Oklahoma , where the B-2 was certified in 1959. He later designed the Brantly 305 , a five-seater which made its first flight 1964. It was certified by the FAA in 1965,

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