International Aircraft Directory

Super Cruiser STANDARD DATA: Seats 4. Gross wt. 2,300. Empty wt. 1,200. Fuel capacity 50. Engine 180-hp Lycoming 10-360. PERFORMANCE: Top mph 185. Cruise mph 165. Initial climb rate 1,200. Ceiling 17,000. Range 800. Takeoff distance (50′) 1,200. Landing distance (50′) 1,500. Rich Trickel’s addition to the Tri-R Technologies family, the TR-4 Cruiser, is a […]

STANDARD DATA: Gross wt. 456. Empty wt. 306. Fuel capacity 5. Wingspan 23’9″. Length 15’9″. PERFORMANCE: Top mph 95. Cruise mph 85. Stall mph 34. Climb rate 600. Takeoff run 195. Landing roll 150. Range 200. Few homebuilts weigh less than this VW-powered mid-wing model. The Troyer Sportplane weighs only 306 pounds empty. Oddly enough, […]

(See New Glasair)

1955’€“78

STANDARD DATA: Gross wt. 1,391. Empty wt. 1,006. Fuel capacity 30. Wingspan 27’5″. Length 19′. Engine 145- to 165-hp Warner. PERFORMANCE: Top mph 120. Cruise mph 110. Stall mph 45. Climb rate 1,500. Takeoff run 100. Landing roll 300. Range 350. This replica of the famous World War I Nieuport 21 is powered by a […]

STANDARD DATA: Gross wt. 652. Empty wt. 400. Fuel capacity 7.5. Wingspan 16′. Length 14′. PERFORMANCE: (40 hp) Top mph 130. Cruise mph 120. Stall mph 49. Climb rate 1,000. Takeoff run 560. Landing roll 400. Range 375. This Formula-V sport racer features a straight-line wing design. Its designer, Charles Lasher, chose steeltube construction for […]

STANDARD DATA: Gross wt. 1,500. Empty wt. 805. Fuel capacity 50. Wingspan 25′. Length 19’9″. PERFORMANCE: Top mph 150. Cruise mph 140. Stall mph 40. Climb rate 900. Takeoff run 1,200. Landing roll 1,500. Range 900. The Commuter is a high-wing cabin monoplane that features all-metal construction with no complicated compound-curve skin panels. The two-place […]

STANDARD DATA: Gross wt. 1,200. Empty wt. 700. Fuel capacity 18. Wingspan 33′. Length 22’6″ PERFORMANCE: Top mph 105. Cruise mph 75. Stall mph 25. Climb rate 500. Takeoff run 450. Landing roll 450. Range 250. Minimum structure and maximum open-air fun are the formula for the Breezy. It is a three-place airplane with two […]

Exec 162F STANDARD DATA: SCORPION Gross wt. 1,250. Empty wt. 800. Fuel capacity 10. Rotor diameter 25′. Length 27′. Engine 133-hp RotorWay. PERFORMANCE: Top mph 95. Cruise mph 80-90. Climb rate 800. Range 120. Ceiling 10,000. Hover I.G.E. 6,500. STANDARD DATA: EXEC 162F Gross wt. 1500. Empty wt. 975. Fuel capacity 17. Rotor diameter 25′. […]

STANDARD DATA: Gross wt. 2,900. Empty wt. 1,610. Fuel capacity 90. Wingspan 29’7″. Engines two 160-hp Lycomings. PERFORMANCE: Top mph 214. Cruise mph 210. Stall mph 75. Climb rate 1,600. Range 1,128. (No plans available.) The Rutan Defiant is a four-seat twin-engine proofof-concept offshoot of the other Rutan canard designs. The Defiant was intended for […]