Kalispell resident John McGinnis has a bold vision of what the personal aircraft could and should be. And he and his team of family,
friends, volunteers and partners continue to build a working prototype
of his experimental Synergy aircraft.
A crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter.com has gotten 664 people to pledge a total of $78,913 for the project as of Thursday morning. Pledges range from as little as $1 or $5 to help buy gas to more than $10,000. With an initial goal of raising $65,000 met, a new informal goal is to raise $165,000 by the campaign’s end Monday, June 4. “If nothing goes wrong, that amount of money would
probably get us to flight test,” McGinnis said of the unique airplane
taking shape in his dad’s garage in Evergreen.
Synergy promises to be a lightweight composite
aircraft with room for five, all of the modern amenities and
unprecedented fuel economy. The goal is fast, fun, quiet, comfortable and
affordable air transportation with greater range and an ability to land
at safer, slower speeds on local airfields.
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