A Mizar at Oxnard Airport, Oxnard, California, August 1973
Role
Roadable aircraft
Type of aircraft
National origin
United States
Manufacturer
Advanced Vehicle Engineers
Designer
Henry Smolinski
Introduction
1973
Number built
2
Developed from
Ford Pinto, Cessna Skymaster
The AVE Mizar (named after the star Mizar) was a roadable aircraft built between 1971 and 1973 by Advanced Vehicle Engineers (AVE) of Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California. The company was started by Henry Smolinski and Harold Blake, both graduates of Northrop Institute of Technology's aeronautical engineering school.[1]
^Brian Campbell (1973-09-11). "The History Of... AVE Mizar Flying Pinto". Cookieboystoys.com. Archived from the original on 2011-10-03. Retrieved 2013-06-07.
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