Leo Windecker, Composite Aircraft Pioneer, Dies
Credit: SPORTAVIATIONSPECIALTIES.COM
Leo Windecker, whose Eagle I was the first all-composite aircraft awarded type and production certificates by the FAA, died Feb. 13 in Cedar Park, Tex. He was 88. Windecker and his wife, Fairfax, both dentists, worked with Dow Chemical Co. to develop lightweight fiberglass-reinforced plastic...
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