PAZMANY PL-4A

Plane & Pilot

Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 12:00 AM ET

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Edited By: Omar Filipović

Key Takeaways:

The Pazmany PL-4A was designed by Ladislao Pazmany as an easy-to-build, simple, safe, and inexpensive metal aircraft intended to use a Volkswagen 1,500cc engine.
Key attractions of the PL-4A include its economy of operation and roadability, featuring folding wings that allow it to be easily trailed home and parked in a garage.
Pazmany supported builders by supplying critical components such as fiberglass pieces, the windscreen and canopy, landing gear, welded engine mount, and control stick.

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When designer Ladislao Pazmany was encouraged to come up with an easy-to-build, simple, safe, and inexpensive
metal plane that could carry a Volkswagen 1,500cc engine, he came up with the PL-4A. Not the least part of its attractiveness is economy of operation and roadability; folding wings make it a cinch to trail home and park in the family garage. Pazmany supplied the fiberglass pieces, Plexiglas windscreen and canopy, landing gear, welded engine mount, and control stick.