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Bernard H. Pietenpol (1901–1984) was an aircraft designer. A designer of homebuilt aircraft, Pietenpol was a self-taught mechanic who lived most of his life in the small community of Cherry Grove in southeastern Minnesota. His best-known design, the Pietenpol Air Camper, was meant to be built and flown by the "average American" of the 1930s. [1]
Meng Model (China) Merit (UK) - ceased production of plastic model aircraft sometime in the late 1950s; Merit International (USA) Merlin Model (UK) MGD Models (Czech Republic) Micro Ace (Japan) - ex-Arii; Micro Scale Design (Russia) Midori Plastic. Kit (KSN) (Japan) Mikro72 (Poland) MikroMir (Ukraine) MiniArt (Ukraine) Minibace (China)
Singapore Airlines Boeing 747-400 scale display model Group of students with their wooden model airplanes in Sonta, Serbia, 1936. A model aircraft is a physical model of an existing or imagined aircraft, and is built typically for display, research, or amusement. Model aircraft are divided into two basic groups: flying and non-flying.
F1B Model by Stepan Stepanchuk. Free flight is the segment of model aviation involving aircraft with no active external control after launch. Free flight is the original form of hobby aeromodeling, with the competitive objective being to build and launch a self controlling aircraft that will consistently achieve the longest flight duration over multiple competition rounds, within various class ...
Mann's first aircraft design was marketed in 1991 and his range of products include 14 different fixed-wing aircraft designs. In the 1990s the company provided complete aircraft kits (less engines), but since the company closed in January 2000 this has been reduced to providing plans only and builder support.
The Osprey Osprey 2, also known as the Pereira Osprey 2 after its designer, is an amphibious sport aircraft designed for homebuilding. [2] Plans have been sold since the mid-1970s. George Pereira designed the Osprey 2 to address the two most frequent criticisms of his Osprey I aircraft: its lack of a passenger seat and its inability to operate ...
Flying Models was an American monthly magazine dedicated to model aviation published by Carstens Publications. It was the oldest continuously published magazine dedicated to model airplanes, having started as Flying Aces in October 1928. Flying Models was acquired by Carstens Publications in 1969 and ceased publication in 2014.
The DR-109 can accept engines of 200 to 300 hp (149 to 224 kW). The standard powerplant used is the 260 hp (194 kW) Lycoming AEIO-540-D4A5 six cylinder, air-cooled, four stroke aircraft engine. [2] The aircraft has an empty weight of 1,495 lb (678 kg) and a gross weight of 2,275 lb (1,032 kg), giving a useful load of 780 lb (350 kg).