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The Aircraft Bluebook Price Digest is a quarterly print publication by Informa (also available on CD-ROM) that was established in the 1950s. It identifies and prices more than 3,000 used general aviation aircraft and helicopter make and model-years available in the United States. Prices reflect historical data and cannot, therefore, take into ...
[2] [3] AOPA exists to serve the interests of its members as aircraft owners and pilots and to promote the economy, safety, utility, and popularity of flight in general aviation aircraft. [ 4 ] With 384,915 members in 2012, AOPA is the largest aviation association in the world, although it had decreased in membership from 414,224 in 2010, a ...
The procurement cost (often referred to for military aircraft as the weapons system cost) is the total price of the aircraft. A good way of looking at the difference is that the flyaway cost is the cost of making the aircraft, while the procurement cost is the cost of buying the aircraft. Procurement costs may include ancillary equipment costs ...
Based on his previous work with innovative light aircraft, the BD-1 (eventually developed into the American Aviation AA-1 Yankee) and BD-2, Jim Bede designed the BD-4 to be one of the first real "kitplanes" in the world. (AOPA has credited the design of the BD-4 to aeronautical inventor Dave Blanton. [2]) The design was based on a high-wing ...
The Navion was originally designed at the end of World War II by North American Aviation as the NA-143 (but produced under the NA-145 designation). [5] North American built 1,109 Navions in 1946–47, initially selling them at a below cost US$3,995, which later increased to $6,100, [6] although the actual cost of construction was $9,000. [7]
General aviation aircraft production in the U.S. -- following its 30-year peak in the late 1970s—dropped sharply over the next few years to a fraction of its original volume [12] —from approximately 18,000 units in 1978 [8] [13] [14] [15] to 4,000 units in 1986.
Data from Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1947 General characteristics Crew: 1 Capacity: 3 passengers Length: 21 ft 4 in (6.5 m) tail up Wingspan: 34 ft 2 in (10.41 m) Height: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) tail down Wing area: 140.2 sq ft (13.03 m 2) 160 sq ft (14.87 m 2) including wing area projected through fuselage Airfoil: Bellanca B Empty weight: 1,200 lb (544 kg) Gross weight: 2,100 lb (953 kg ...
The Edgley EA-7 Optica is a British light aircraft designed for low-speed observation work, and intended as a low-cost alternative to helicopters.The Optica has a loiter speed of 130 km/h (70 kn; 81 mph) and a stall speed of 108 km/h (58 kn; 67 mph).