Buford John Schramm (14 October 1938 – 28 April 2004), better-known as B.J. Schramm, was a businessman and developer of light personal helicopters. He was killed in the crash of a single-seat helicopter of his own design near Montour, about six miles southwest of Horseshoe Bend, Idaho. Schramm founded RotorWay Aircraft in 1961, a kit helicopter manufacturing company. At the time of his death he operated a company called Eagle R&D, based in Caldwell, Idaho, manufacturing a kit helicopter called the Helicycle.
Schramm was the founder of a non-ferrous metal foundry that supplied materials to Bell, Hughes, Sikorsky, Motorolla as well as his own helicopter businesses.
Schramm was posthumously inducted into the Experimental Aircraft Association Homebuilder's Hall of Fame in 2006, although he was not a member of that organization at the time of his death.
References
- Schramm Helicycle, Registration No. N3275Q. See NTSB Probable Cause report SEA04LA074
- NTSB Accident Report SEA04LA074 "Link".
- Perter Lert (August 1989). "Executive Privilege". Air Progress.
- "EAA Press Releases - EAA Halls of Fame Induct 10 New Members on Oct. 27". Archived from the original on 2010-12-15. Retrieved 2011-05-27.
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External links
- Obituary of B.J. Schramm
- Helicycle home page
- Link to image of B.J. Schramm
- jetflyer.ru — Collected reports of death of B.J. Schramm
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