Explore our journey through time and discover the milestones that have shaped Game Aerospace’s legacy in aviation innovation.
January 2013
Company foundation by Steuart Walton and Philipp Steinbach
January 2013
Design start of the GB1 GameBird in office container at Wickenby Airfield in the UK
April 2013
Application for EASA and FAA Type Certification
October 2013
Move into our first workshop, a disused fuel station in Faldingworth, UK
January 2014
First production tools completed
October 2014
CAA Production Organization Approval issued
December 2014
First conforming test articles produced
June 2015
GB1 GameBird Prototype airplane and test structure complete
July 2015
GB1 GameBird first flight and begin of flight test program
February 2016
Completion of GB1 GameBird damage tolerance & fatigue test program
April 2016
Completion of all structural testing for the GB1 GameBird
May 2016
Flight test program complete, TIA / validation flights with EASA complete
July 2016
First attendance of the GB1 GameBird at Airventure Oshkosh
October 2016
Certificate of Occupancy for our Bentonville, AR facility
April 2017
Issue of EASA Type Certificate for the GB1 GameBird
May 2017
Conformity Plan in place with Oklahoma City MIDO | Beginning of manufacturing team hiring & training
August 2017
Issue of FAA Type Certificate validation for the GB1 GameBird
September 2017
OEM contract with Garmin signed | Integration of G3X touch avionics package into the GB1 Gamebird begins
January 2018
Installation of 5-axis CNC machine
November 2018
Completion and first flight of first production GB1 GameBird
March 2019
Validation of G3X avionics certification | Transfer of Type Certificate from EASA to FAA | Issue of first Standard Airworthiness Certificate for SN2
April 2019
Delivery of SN2 to our first customer Joe Clark on Memorial Day to his ranch in Idaho | Delivery of SN3 to France | Delivery of SN4 to Patrick Davidson in Port Elizabeth, South Africa
June 2019
First Unlimited Competition and first podium place for the GB1 Gamebird with Patrick Davidson in the South African National Aerobatic Championships
August 2019
Successful acceptance and delivery of the first 3 GB1 GameBirds to the aerobatic team of the Chilean Air Force, Los Halcones
October 2019
GB1 GameBird on stage of the NBAA conference in Las Vegas as backdrop for Steuart Walton’s keynote speech
May 2019
Sean D Tucker’s 4-ship formation team starts training out of our Bentonville facility
June 2019
The first GB1 GameBird for Canada is delivered after Type Certificate has been validated by Transport Canada
December 2020
SN25 is completed and delivered
December 2021
SN40 is completed and delivered
June 2022
SN50 is completed and delivered
October 2022
To attend GameFest 1.0, Ben Marcus with GB1 GameBird SN37 flies nonstop from Santa Barbara, CA to Bentonville, AR: 1.420NM in 7:10. | GameFest 1.0, the first GameBird owner meeting is hosted in our facility in Bentonville AR
February 2023
GB1 GameBird SN61 is completed and delivered to a customer in Hawaii.
September 2023
GB1 GameBird is in the airshow program of the last Reno Air Races in Reno, NV | GameFest 2.0, is even better than the first one
March 2024
GFC 500 autopilot gets certified for installation in the GB1 GameBird
September 2024
GameFest 3.0, even more fun and more GameBirds found their way back to the nest! | SN100 is completed and delivered, big party with our meanwhile over 100 employees and their families!
November 2024
Public announcement of the GB2, next generation Single Engine Air Tanker
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