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STANDARD DATA: Gross wt. 1,326. Empty wt. 800. Fuel capacity 25. Wingspan 28′. Length 18’11”. Engine 95-hp Continental. PERFORMANCE: Top mph 120. Cruise mph 115. Stall mph 51. Climb rate 1,000. Ceiling 18,000. Takeoff run 550. Landing roll 175. Range 600. The prototype PL-1 was stressed to 9Gs for aerobatics and featured a low-wing tricycle-gear […]

STANDARD DATA: Gross wt. 1,416. Empty wt. 875. Fuel capacity 25. Wingspan 28′. Length 19’4″. Engine 100-hp Lycoming. PERFORMANCE: Top mph 138. Cruise mph 119. Stall mph 52. Climb rate 1,280. Takeoff run 700. Landing roll 700. Range 492. Along with the PL-1, the PL-2 is the only design for amateur builders that is also […]

STANDARD DATA: Gross wt. 850. Empty wt. 578. Fuel capacity 12. Wingspan 26’8″. Length 16’6″. PERFORMANCE: Top mph 120. Cruise mph 98. Stall mph 48. Climb rate 650. Takeoff run 485. Landing roll 435. Range 375. When designer Ladislao Pazmany was encouraged to come up with an easy-to-build, simple, safe, and inexpensive metal plane that […]

STANDARD DATA: Gross wt. 1,150. Empty wt. 622. Fuel capacity 15. Wingspan 29′. Length 18’5″. PERFORMANCE: Top mph 100. Cruise mph 80. Stall mph 40. Climb rate 500. Takeoff run 400. Landing roll 600. Range 320. The do-it-yourself craze was just getting started as a Depression-born phenomenon when the Air Camper replaced the earlier primary […]

STANDARD DATA: Gross wt. 1,950. Empty wt. 710. Fuel capacity 19. Wingspan 17’4″. Length 14’3″. PERFORMANCE: Top mph 156. Cruise mph 140. Stall mph 57. Climb rate 2,600. Takeoff run 450. Landing roll 1,000. Range 350. Originally designed and designated “Lil’ Stinker” by aircraft-design legend Curtis Pitts, the Pitts Special is one of the world’s […]

STANDARD DATA: Gross wt. 1,250. Empty wt. 600. Fuel capacity 19. Wingspan 26′. Length 16′. Engine 78-hp Revmaster VW. PERFORMANCE: (designer figures) Top mph 200+. Cruise mph 180. Stall mph 38. Climb rate 700. Ceiling 28,000. Range 1,000. Takeoff run 450. Landing roll 550. Designed by Argentine-born Joseph Alvarez, the Polliwagen derives its name from […]

STANDARD DATA: Gross wt. 1,275. Empty wt. 750. Fuel capacity 14. Wingspan 32’6″. Length 20’9″. PERFORMANCE: Top mph 104. Cruise mph 87. Stall mph 27. Climb rate 650-700. Takeoff run 250. Range 250 This parasol-type tandem-seat monoplane was designed by John Powell, who was formerly a commander in the U.S. Navy. It is powered by […]

STANDARD DATA: Seats 2. Gross wt. 2,500. Empty wt. 1,560. Fuel capacity 72. Engine 350-hp Rodeck V-8. PERFORMANCE: Top mph 300. Cruise mph 250. Initial climb rate 2,500. Ceiling n/a. Range 1,200. Takeoff distance (50′) 1,100. Landing distance (50′) 1,200. Back in 1973, George Morse, the founder of Prowler Aviation, saw the need for an […]

Pulsar XP STANDARD DATA: PULSAR XP Seats 2. Gross wt. 1,235. Empty wt. 700. Fuel capacity 28-38. Engine 120-hp Rotax 912/914T. PERFORMANCE: Top cruise mph 206. Initial climb rate 1,750 fpm. Range 1,400 sm. Stall mph 47. Takeoff distance 500. Landing distance 800. The Pulsar Aircraft Corporation obtained the rights to Tri-R Technologies’ Pulsar kit […]

STANDARD DATA: Seats 2-3. Gross wt. 1,700. Empty wt. 1,025. Fuel capacity 40. Engine 210-hp Continental 10-360. PERFORMANCE: Top mph 287. Cruise mph 228. Initial climb rate 2,000. Range 1,180. The Spirit is actually the second of two extremely fast aircraft from Questair. The Spirit is a toned-down fixed-gear version of the record-setting Venture design. […]