The world changed in 2020 in many respects, but I will remember it as a pivotal year for our two companies as we position them to relaunch manufacturing in 2021. Blackhawk Aerospace Composites In 2020, we saw Skywheels rotor blades re-emerge after an 18-year hiatus and be manufactured again. Test flights followed during the summer months and int...

In September, Skywheels Rotor Systems completed flight tests. Test pilot Greg Bradley put the new blades through their paces and goes over flight maneuvers and data acquired. Receive firsthand information about new rotor blade performance and flight characteristics presented during this live Gyroplane Flying podcast recorded on December 22, ...

On September 15, 2020, an announcement was made a six-year Partnership Agreement was recently signed between Blackhawk Composites Inc. (Blackhawk), in Morgantown, Kentucky, and both Air Command International LLC and Skywheels LLC, in River Falls, Wisconsin. The Partnership Agreement allows Blackhawk to continue to manufacture Skywheels, a ver...

Following an eighteen-year production hiatus, Air Command International, a Wisconsin-based company, is pleased to announce its acquisition of Skywheels tooling, test equipment, and intellectual property for the production of rotor systems through its new affiliated company Skywheels, LLC.  Skywheels rotor systems will be manufactured through a n...