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The Excalibur was designed as "clone" [1] of the Quad City Challenger II aircraft. The company took the basic Challenger design and incorporated many changes, including mounting the engine upright allowing larger propellers and the Rotax gearbox to be mounted, lengthening the tailboom and enlarging the tail vertical surface to increase stability, shortening the ailerons and replacing control ...
44-72936 – to airworthiness by private owner in Encino, California. [275] 44-72990 (unnamed) – in storage at US Army Aviation Museum at Fort Novosel, Alabama. [citation needed] 44-73081 – in storage by private owner in Hayward, California. [276] 44-73163 – to airworthiness by private owner in Hot Springs, North Carolina. [277]
The design was given the designation L-049 or Excalibur A. The wings of the aircraft were similar to those used by the P-38 Lightning fighter. The aircraft was to be powered by four Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclone radials with the Pratt & Whitney R-2800 as the back-up. Re-designed, the Excalibur was to be priced at $450,000, making it the most ...
Challenger I (Challenger UL) Single seat, 31.5 ft (9.6 m) wingspan gives lower stall speed. Can be fitted with a variety of engines. Qualifies as a US "Experimental - Amateur-Built", Light sport aircraft or with the 22 hp (16 kW) Hirth F-33 engine as a US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicle, 800 reported completed and flown by the fall of 2011.
Altitude Gain, Airplane Launched from a Carrier Aircraft: 85,743 meters, SpaceShipOne piloted by Mike Melvill, June 21, 2004. [45] FAI Class C-1e, Landplanes: takeoff weight 3,000 to 6,000 kg Group 2, turbojet Altitude: Scaled Composites Proteus N281PR, piloted by Mike Melvill and Robert Waldmiller, 19,277 m, October 25, 2000. [45]
A military aircraft converted to fight California wildfires is in the air after years of federal delays. The first of seven C-130 aircraft transferred from the U.S. Coast Guard and retrofitted is ...
The CAF Southern California Wing Museum (commonly shortened to CAF SoCal) is an air museum at Camarillo Airport in Camarillo, California. [1] It is a unit of the Commemorative Air Force . [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is home to several airworthy historic aircraft, as well as static aircraft, displays, models, and artifacts primarily related to military ...
Data from General characteristics Crew: two Capacity: 32 passengers Length: 74 ft 11.5 in (22.847 m) Wingspan: 95 ft 0 in (28.96 m) Wing area: 1,000 sq ft (93 m 2) Empty weight: 26,424 lb (11,986 kg) Gross weight: 40,000 lb (18,144 kg) Powerplant: 4 × Pratt & Whitney Twin Wasp S4C-4-G piston engine, 1,200 hp (890 kW) each Performance See also Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and ...