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The Williams X-Jet, created by Williams International, was a small, single-person, light-weight, Vertical Take Off and Landing aircraft powered by a modified Williams F107 turbofan aircraft engine — designated WR-19-7 — after some minor modifications. The vehicle was nicknamed "The Flying Pulpit" for its shape. It was designed to carry one ...
In 1986 and 1987, a full-size replica of the Ezekiel Airship was built by local craftsman Bob Lowery and the Pittsburg Optimist Club, based largely on a single surviving photograph. It weighs roughly 2,000 pounds (910 kg), much heavier than the original aircraft, which is believed to have weighed 406 pounds (184 kg).
Single engine two seat monoplane Taylorcraft B: Single engine two seat monoplane Taylorcraft D: 1941 3,170 Single engine two seat monoplane Taylorcraft L-2: 1,980+ Military version of Model D Taylorcraft LBT: 1944 25 Glide bomb Taylorcraft TG-6: 250 Glider version of L-2 Taylorcraft 15: 31 Single engine four seat monoplane Taylorcraft 16: 1
Single impressed Taylorcraft Model BF60 with side-by-side seating and a 60hp Franklin 4AC-171 engine. L-2M L-2A with close-fitting engine cowls and wing spoilers and tandem seating, 900 built. TG-6 Model ST.100 three-seat training glider variant with enlarged fin area, wing spoilers and a simpler landing gear, 250 built. LNT-1 U.S. Navy version ...
Bensen X-25 – Single-seat autogyro; Schweizer X-26 Frigate – Sailplane; Lockheed X-27 Lancer – high-performance technology demonstrator based on Lockheed CL-1200; Pereira X-28A Sea Skimmer – Single-seat flying boat for US Navy; Grumman X-29 forward swept wing and stability research aircraft. Grumman X-29 – Forward-swept wing test aircraft
The first aircraft to be offered for sale as plans, rather than a completed airframe, was the Baby Ace in the late 1920s. [7] Canada's first homebuilt aircraft, Stitts SA-3A Playboy CF-RAD, first flown in 1955, seen in the Canada Aviation and Space Museum. Diemert Defender emergency fighter concept.
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Data from Plane and Pilot General characteristics Crew: one Capacity: one passenger Empty weight: 860 lb (390 kg) Gross weight: 1,500 lb (680 kg) Fuel capacity: 18 U.S. gallons (68 L; 15 imp gal) Powerplant: 1 × Continental C-85 four-cylinder horizontally opposed aircraft engine, 85 hp (63 kW) Propellers: 2-bladed metal Performance Maximum speed: 120 mph (190 km/h, 100 kn) Cruise speed: 110 ...