Buford John Schramm (14 October 1938 – 28 April 2004), better-known as B.J.
He was killed in the crash of a single-seat helicopter of his own design near Montour, about six miles southwest of Horseshoe Bend, Idaho.
[1][2] Schramm founded RotorWay Aircraft in 1961, a kit helicopter manufacturing company.
Schramm was the founder of a non-ferrous metal foundry that supplied materials to Bell, Hughes, Sikorsky, Motorolla as well as his own helicopter businesses.
[3] Schramm was posthumously inducted into the Experimental Aircraft Association Homebuilder's Hall of Fame in 2006, although he was not a member of that organization at the time of his death.