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History Timeline of Lake Amphibians

Source:  John Staber, 2007

1948     Skimmer XC-1 
prototype flies 1948
     
             
1950            
             
             
             
             
1955            
      22  C-1 Skimmers built
1956-57
     
        20 C-2 Skimmers built
1957-1959
   
             
    LA-4P prototype
Lake Amphibian flies 1959
       
1960     2 LA-4A Lake Amphibians
built 1960
  24 LA-4 Lake Amphibians
built 1960-61
 
         
             
    Consolidated Aeronautics
buys Type Certificate 1963
  Production resumes
1963
Approx. 170 LA-4-180's
built 1963-1969
 
             
1965            
          Last serial number:
446
 
             
      LA-4-200 Prototype
converted s/n 311 1968

LA-4-200 begins
production 1969

   
    1 Lake Seaplane (non-amphib)
built s/n 410 1969
  Approx. 640 built    
1970       serial numbers
431-1073
   
        (some
overlap with
   
        LA-4-180)    
             
             
1975            
        Last LA-4-200    
        produced 1981    
        (1982 model?)    
    Type certificate acquired by
Revo, 1979
       
1980            
             
      43 LA-4-200EP's
(extended prop)
     
      are built between 1982
and 1986
  LA 250
Lake Renegade
 
      Serial numbers:
1074-1116
  goes into production
in 1983
 
1985   Armand Rivard
purchases Aerofab, 1985
    Starting serial
number: 1
 
             
            LA 270
Lake Turbo Renegade
            starts production in 1987
             
1990            
             
             
             
             
1995            
             
             
             
             
2000            
             
    Armand Rivard sells Lake Aircraft
and Aerofab to Wadi Rahim 2002
     
          Renamed
Renegade 2 in 2003
Renamed
Renegade 2T in 2003
             
2005   Rivard regains control of
Lake Aircraft, 2005
       
            Approx. 137
Renegades of var.
            models produced
 through 2006

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