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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 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).
The PA-20 Pacer is a tailwheel aircraft and thus has somewhat limited forward visibility on the ground and relatively demanding ground-handling characteristics. To help introduce more pilots to easier, safer flying, from February 1951, Piper introduced the PA-22 Tri-Pacer with a nosewheel instead of the tailwheel landing gear. [ 2 ]
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 ...
Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1966–67, Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1971–72 General characteristics Crew: 1 Capacity: 3 pax Length: 8 m (26 ft 3 in) Wingspan: 10.86 m (35 ft 8 in) Height: 2.89 m (9 ft 6 in) Wing area: 16.09 m 2 (173.2 sq ft) Aspect ratio: 7.04 Airfoil: root: NACA 63 2 618 ; tip: NACA 63 2 415 Empty weight: 740 kg (1,631 lb) Max takeoff weight: 1,300 kg ...
Early models had a single right-hand door above the wing, accessed by trailing edge steps, while later aircraft added a rear airstair door with retracting steps. [ 5 ] [ 7 ] The 260 hp (190 kW) GO-435 was replaced by the 275 hp (205 kW) Lycoming GO-480 in 1954; this engine was subsequently upgraded with fuel injection and then superchargers ...
An aircraft flight manual (AFM) is a paper book or electronic information set containing information required to operate an aircraft of certain type or particular aircraft of that type (each AFM is tailored for a specific aircraft, though aircraft of the same type naturally have very similar AFMs). The information within an AFM is also referred ...