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Birdman Chinook 2S showing the pentagonal cockpit cross-section Birdman Chinook 2S Birdman Chinook 2S cockpit Birdman Chinook 2S Rotax 503 engine installation. The Birdman Chinook is a family of single and two-place, pusher configuration, high-wing ultralight aircraft that was first flown on 12 December 1982 and produced by Birdman Enterprises of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, starting in 1983.
Birdman MJ-5 hang glider Birdman MJ-5 hang glider Birdman Chinook 2S Birdman Chinook 2S. Birdman Enterprises Limited was a Canadian aircraft manufacturer that commenced business in 1973 and became well known for its line of hang gliders and later its ultralight aircraft until its demise in late 1987. [2] [3] [4]
In 1989 ASAP unveiled the improved ASAP Chinook Plus 2. With the acquisition of Canadian Ultralight Manufacturing in St Paul, Alberta who had manufactured the earlier Chinook WT11 and WT2S, the Chinook Plus 2 was placed into production. [2] [9] [10] In 1992 Spectrum Aircraft of Surrey, British Columbia, the manufacturer of the Spectrum Beaver ...
A total of over 700 WT-11s and 2S Chinooks were completed before Birdman Enterprises went out of business in late 1987. [6] Talanczuk's Chinook design was resurrected in 1989, when it was redesigned by Aircraft Sales and Parts President Brent Holomis as the ASAP Chinook 2 Plus, an Advanced Ultralight Aeroplane that remains in production today.
Birdman Chinook 2S; ASAP Chinook Plus 2; Bird Wing ... Bloch MB.170 (II) twin-engine reconnaissance aircraft / light bomber (2 built) Bloch MB.171; Bloch MB.172;
Data from Janes All the Worlds Aircraft 1982-83 General characteristics Crew: one Length: 14 ft 0 in (4.27 m) Wingspan: 32 ft 0 in (9.75 m) Wing area: 160 sq ft (15 m 2) Aspect ratio: 6.4 Empty weight: 208 lb (94 kg) Max takeoff weight: 475 lb (215 kg) Fuel capacity: 2.8 US gallons (13 litres) Powerplant: 1 × Cuyuna 215 two stroke snowmobile engine, 20 hp (15 kW) Propellers: 2-bladed pusher ...
Cockpit access is via the lower wing. The company claims an amateur builder can complete the aircraft from the kit in 500 hours. [3] [5] [6] The specified engine for the Classic is the 64 hp (48 kW) Rotax 582 two-stroke engine. [2] [3] [5] [6] The estimated time to build the aircraft from the kit is 400–500 hours, or 250 hours from the quick ...
The prototype EZ Flyer powered by a Rotax 503 engine EZ Flyer at Blue Yonder Aviation 1998 EZ Flyer showing its Rotax 582 engine installation. The Blue Yonder EZ Flyer is a Canadian-designed-and-built, tandem two-seat, open cockpit, pusher configuration, recreational and training aircraft provided as a completed aircraft or in kit form by Blue Yonder Aviation.