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For Immediate Release - July 2008

Carter Photo Captions - AirVenture 2008

Note for online version of press release - click on any image for the full-size version.

• ) PAV with Canopy Open
  
  
  
  The canopy on Carter's new PAV will tilt forward to allow easy access to the cockpit and cargo area for loading. The large window area provides increased visibility for both pilot and passengers.
   
• ) Fuselage with MT Propeller
  
  
  
  Initial flight-testing of the PAV will be done using a stock MT Propeller. Carter collects data and then compares performance figures between stock equipment and Carter technology designs. A Carter designed prop will be used in final flight-tests of the PAV.
   
• ) Fuselage with Jay Carter, Jr.
  
  
  
  Carter President and Chief engineer, Jay Carter, Jr., tries out the pilot's seat of the new PAV fuselage.
   
• ) Horizontal/Vertical Stabilizers
  
  
  
  A horizontal stabilizer and three vertical stabilizers are supported by the single tail boom. The center stabilizer is positioned in the prop slipstream for optimum control.
   
• ) Wichita Falls VIPs
  
  
  
  State Senator, Craig Estes, (front left) and State Representative, David Farabee, (back left) try out the seating arrangement of Carter's new PAV during a Wichita Falls VIP tour of Carter's facility. Front right is Jay Carter, Jr., Carter President, and back right is Anita Infante, VP of Business Development and Marketing, for Carter. The PAV canopy had been removed for work on the fuselage.