Game Composites

In less than a decade, this multi-mission airplane has scored great success.

Game Composites says its aerobatic Gamebird aircraft’s speed, range, and comfort make it a practical traveler.

Game Composites has achieved several firsts in the recent past, snagging the first standard airworthiness certificates for the first two serial numbers of the GB1 GameBird. With four airplanes now built and serial number 10 already in the starting blocks, the company has hired French pilot Francois Le Vot to head up training for the […]

It is not often that a fully aerobatic airplane is certified. But just this week the team at Bentonville, Arkansas-based Game Composites saw their GB1 GameBird receive its certification. The FAA signed the Part 23 paperwork yesterday — about four months after the European Aviation Safety Agency gave its approval. The GameBird was hatched in […]

Flying magazine’s Pia Bergqvist recently had the chance to fly the GB1 GameBird, a new two-seat aerobatic airplane from Game Composites. With some help from freestyle world aerobatic champion Rob Holland, we put the GameBird’s performance capabilities to the test — and we weren’t disappointed. Check out some photos from our test flight at AirVenture […]

It’s not often nowadays that a new airplane design has the potential to be a total game changer. But I would argue that German airplane designer Philipp Steinbach has created just that, at least for pilots who like to challenge their stick-and-rudder skills or “keep the green side up,” so to speak. Steinbach’s new, versatile […]

At AirVenture 2016 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Flying executive editor Pia Bergqvist had a chance to experience a brand-new aerobatic airplane named the GameBird GB1, produced by Bentonville, Arkansas-based Game Composites. The GB1 is designed for versatility, with a 303 hp Lycoming engine spinning a four-bladed MT-Propeller prop, a range of up to 1,000 nm and […]

AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, featured a long list of terrific aerobatic performers, some well known, some less so. The same goes for the airplanes the daring pilots were at the controls of. One of those was an airplane that has the potential to be seen not only at airshows around the world but also as […]