While Boeing and Textron have shut down manufacturing facilities already, it’s not yet the same for smaller manufacturers and service providers.

The Moose, designed and sold by Murphy Aircraft of Chilliwack, British Columbia, is one of the few kit airplanes designed to haul large loads in and out of unimproved strips—it’s a kind of Experimental-category deHavilland Beaver.

The new all-metal utility from RANS represents an important update for the company’s kit designs and may be one of Randy Schlitter’s best aircraft.