Every aviation event needs a few new dreamers who are putting it on the line to make the airplane of their imagination a reality, and at Sun 'n Fun on Wednesday, those dreamers were John Meekins, president of Privateer Industries, and his director of marketing, Frank Leventhal. The two turned up in the press tent with a model of their six-place, carbon-fiber, ducted-fan-powered airplane, and said they have a full-size prototype in the works back home in Seattle, Wash. They hope to fly it by the end of the year, they said. "This is a fully self-funded project so far," said Meekins, but he added that he's had some interest from investors.
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