SAMPE 2002, Long Beach - 2nd Report The SAMPE 2002 Keynote Panel this year was chaired by Judy Hazen, Publisher of Composites Technology and High-Performance Composites - ADAM AIRCRAFT.

Adam Aircraft George "Rick" Adam, the CEO of Adam Aircraft reviewed their plans for an all-CFRP composite, 6-seat, piston-powered pressurized aircraft, with FAA certification expected in the first quarter of 2003. He noted that the FAA is being kept covered all through the design and prototyping phases as well. They call it The A500 Carbon Aero Aircraft. Adam said he worked with Scaled Composites and Burt Rutan at the time of the all-composite Voyager program for the round-the-world non-stop flight in the late-80s. The aircraft with serial #0001 is in work, with the left ...