General Aviation Aircraft

STANDARD DATA: Gross wt. 620. Empty wt. 342. Fuel capacity 10.5. Wingspan 21’6″. Length 17′. PERFORMANCE: Top mph 100. Cruise mph 85. Stall mph 29. Climb rate 500. Takeoff run 440. Landing roll 300. Range 350. This brainchild of Roger Druine is so good that Rollason Aircraft in England and Flugzeubau in Germany started manufacturing […]

STANDARD DATA: Gross wt. 1,050. Empty wt. 750. Fuel capacity 18. Wingspan 22’3″. Length 19’5″. PERFORMANCE: Top mph 170. Cruise mph 145. Stall mph 52. Climb rate 900. Takeoff run 850. Landing roll 750. Range 450. The Turner airplane family got started in 1958. First aircraft in the series was the T-40, a sleek, hot […]

STANDARD DATA: Gross wt. 1,500. Empty wt. 950.Fuel capacity 20. Wingspan 24’11”. Length 19’5″. PERFORMANCE: Top mph 170. Cruise mph 150. Stall mph 56. Climb rate 1,600. Takeoff run 865. Landing roll 760. Range 520. The T-40 was so successful that it collected 18 awards and convinced Turner that the only thing wrong with it […]

STANDARD DATA: Gross wt. 1,600. Empty wt. 828. Fuel capacity 20. Wingspan 22’3″. Length 19’9″. PERFORMANCE: Top mph 175. Cruise mph 155. Stall mph 57. Climb rate 1,200. Takeoff run 850. Landing roll 500. Range 475. The Turner T-40B is basically the same as the T-40A, but with tricycle landing gear and other improvements. Development […]

STANDARD DATA: Gross wt. 1,050. Empty wt. 695. Fuel capacity 24. Wingspan 19’11”. Length 19′. Engine 125-hp Lycoming. PERFORMANCE: Top mph 195. Cruise mph 185. Stall mph 48. Climb rate 1,900. Ceiling 21,000. Takeoff run 200. Landing roll 300. Range 600. Richard Van Grunsven’s all-metal single-seat monoplane won the “Best Aerodynamic Detailing” award at the […]

RV-4 RV-6 RV9A RV10 STANDARD DATA: (RV-4) Seats 2. Gross wt. 1,500. Empty wt. 905. Fuel capacity 32. Engine 160-hp Lycoming. PERFORMANCE: Top mph 205. Cruise mph 194. Initial climb rate 2,050. Ceiling 25,000. Range 650. Takeoff distance 300. Landing distance 300. STANDARD DATA: (RV-6 and 6A) Seats 2. Gross wt. 1,600. Empty wt. 965. […]

STANDARD DATA: Gross wt. 1,100. Empty wt. 710. Fuel capacity 24.5. Wingspan 20′. Length 18′. Engine 100-hp Continental. PERFORMANCE: Top mph 150. Cruise mph 130. Stall mph 57. Climb rate 1,100. Range 200. The VCA-l is a tiny single-seat low-wing monoplane of all-metal construction. The wing section is NASA GA (W)-1 with no sweepback. It […]

STANDARD DATA: (Fixed gear) Seats 4. Gross wt. 2,250. Empty wt. 1,250. Fuel capacity 65. Engine 200-hp Lycoming IO-360. PERFORMANCE: Top mph 215. Cruise mph 200. Initial climb rate 1,400. Ceiling 20,000. Range 1,200. Takeoff distance (50′) 850. Landing distance (50′) 800. STANDARD DATA: (Retractable gear) Seats 4. Gross wt. 2,250. Empty wt. 1,250. Fuel […]

STANDARD DATA: Gross wt. 1,075. Empty wt. 590. Wingspan 22′. Engine 1,600cc Volkswagen. PERFORMANCE: Top mph 150. Climb rate 800. Range 500 (estimated). Takeoff run 450. Winner of the “Outstanding New Design” award at Oshkosh 1980, the Dragonfly is another canard-configured composite homebuilt in the same vein as the Quickie and VariEze. With two-place side-by-side […]

STANDARD DATA: Gross wt. 1,500. Empty wt. 1,000. Fuel capacity 20. Wingspan 36’6″. Length 24′. Engine 85- to 100-hp Continental. PERFORMANCE: Top mph 95. Cruise mph 85. Stall mph 45. Climb rate 600. Ceiling 13,000. Takeoff time 20 sec. Range 320. Volmer Jensen’s two-place Sportsman amphibian has to be called one of the more successful […]