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Carl Mortenson - Designer - As he served with a mission aviation organization as
a bush pilot/mechanic in South America, he realized there was a need for a safer, more useful STOL aircraft but finding limited
numbers from which to choose. Most of the STOL aircraft were single-engine planes that were slow and unable to carry large
loads. This prompted Carl to endeavor to design an aircraft that could not only get into short rough airstrips, but that could
also carry a good load and have the speed and safety of a high performance twin. He returned to the States in the early 60's,
yet with no formal education in aeronautical engineering, designed and built a high-wing prototype before the final produced
Evangel 4500.
Truly an amazing man who today
in his mid-70's works each day on building and selling the Angel 44 twin pusher bush plane. In my opinion Mr. Carl would
best be described by Joshua 24:15 "But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves
this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your forefathers served beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose
land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord."
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Mr. Carl, 1969
Accepting the Production Certificate for the Angel 44, successor of the Evangel
4500
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