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Sometimes an oddball design fulfills the needs of customers who are more interested in utility than beauty.

Mike Patey’s Draco might be the coolest airplane in the world.

Mike Patey built this heavily modded turboprop taildragger to show the world what STOL really means. How he created the ultimate fixed-wing helicopter.

PZL-104 MA WILGA 2000 Base price: $211,595 TBO (hrs.): 2000 Horsepower on takeoff: 300 Fuel type: 100LL Propeller type: 3-blade Hartzell Landing gear type: Tailwheel/Fixed Max ramp weight (lbs.): 3306 Gross weight (lbs.): 3306 Empty weight, std. (lbs.): 1980 Useful load, std. (lbs.): 1326 Useful fuel, std. (gals.): 100 Payload, full std. fuel (lbs.): 726 […]