::Recycle Flyers by Cecil::

During the late 1970's and early 1980's, at RV Parks, campgrounds and swap meets, I saw beverage can propellers on clothes hangars with a roadrunner head on one end and a tail on the other. I also saw just a plain beverage can with a propeller on one or both ends, and finally some small 5 and 6 beverage can airplanes that were very crude with wobbly props and bad wheels. I was intrigued with the thought of making airplanes from beverage cans and thought that a better airplane could be made using the same materials. I found some beverage can airplane plans at www.bcair.com that gave me some ideas and eventually led me to develop my own in-house plans and building processes. With some careful planning and a lifelong passion as a pilot and aircraft rebuild mechanic, the RECYCLE FLYERS venture began.

1984

-Basic first 12oz. can design, requires twelve to sixteen ~ 12oz. cans with all staple construction.

1987

-Floats added to plane

1988

-First helicopter from 12oz. cans

1990

-Twin rotor (CH-46) type helicopter requires twelve ~ 12oz. cans

1993

-Series of 5oz. can planes requires fifteen to sixteen cans
-Series of 5oz. helicopter requires 5 cans
-Wheel chocks introduced for tail wheel and tricycle planes

1994

-Series of 16oz. can planes requires eighteen to twenty cans

1995

-Series of 24oz. can planes requires twenty to twenty-four cans
-32oz float plane requires twenty-two cans
-32oz twin rotor (CH-46 type) helicopter requires sixteen cans

1996

-Submarine requires twelve ~ 12oz cans and one ~16 oz can

2001

-Series of 12oz. Prop-Jet (Turboprop) planes requires sixteen to eighteen cans

2002

-Series of small energy drink can airplanes requires sixteen cans
-24oz. Blimp requires two ~ 24oz. cans and four to five ~ 12oz. cans
-16 oz. Submarine requires fourteen to eighteen 16oz. cans

2003

-Series of 16oz. Prop-Jet (Turboprop) planes requires eighteen to twenty cans

2005

-Series of Radial Engine planes 12oz. and 16oz. requires sixteen to twenty cans

2006

-Series of 24oz Radial Engine planes requires twenty-two to twenty-four cans

Over the years a series of modifications have taken place to enhance the quality of Recycle Flyers . Current Recycle Flyers have no visible staples; the pop rivets are filled and painted to match the can color. All of the hardware used for propeller spinners and hub caps are stainless steel and all strut wires and braces are bright finished aluminum. On seamed surfaces the entire edge, whether it s a wing tip, float, tail surface or dive plane is individually sanded and polished for a smooth surface on every single airplane, helicopter, blimp or submarine.