General Aviation Aircraft
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EXTRA AIRCRAFT “400/500″
STANDARD DATA (Extra 400): Seats: 6; Gross weight: 4,409 lbs.; Empty weight: 2,974 lbs.; Fuel capacity: 124 (gals.); Engine: 475 shp Continental TSIOL-550-C. PERFORMANCE: Max cruise: 235 kts.; Initial climb rate: 1,400 fpm; Service ceiling: 25,000 ft.; Range: 2,100 nm; Takeoff distance: 1,475 ft.; Landing distance: 1,000 ft. German designer Walter Extra ruled the aerobatic […]
FAIRCHILD F-22
STANDARD DATA: Seats: 2; Gross weight: 1,750 lbs.; Empty weight: 1,102 lbs.; Engine: 145 hp Warner Scarab. PERFORMANCE: Top speed: 133 mph; Cruise speed: 115 mph; Initial climb rate: 900 fpm; Service ceiling: 20,000 ft.; Range: 350 nm. The Kreider-Reisner Division of Fairchild produced this tandem two-seat parasol monoplane in 1931. It has the distinction […]
