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1980’€“90

1988’€“Present

1952’€“1972

STANDARD DATA: Gross weight: 1,178 lbs.; Empty weight: 739 lbs.; Fuel capacity: 20 gals.; Wingspan: 19 ft. 7 in.; Length: 17 ft. 6 in.; Engine: 100–200 hp. PERFORMANCE: Top speed: 180 mph; Cruise speed: 130 mph; Stall speed: 50 mph; Climb rate: 3,500 fpm; Service ceiling: 14,000 ft.; Takeoff run: 350 ft.; Landing roll: 800 […]

STANDARD DATA: Gross weight: 1,520 lbs.; Empty weight: 875 lbs.; Fuel capacity: 25 gals.; Wingspan: 21 ft. 8 in.; Length: 18 ft. 11 in.; Engine: 180 hp Lycoming. PERFORMANCE: Cruise speed: 123 mph; Range: 400 nm. The Acro II, a two-place larger version of the single-place Acro-Sport, can be constructed for little more than its […]

STANDARD DATA: Gross weight: 1,350 lbs. Empty weight: 884 lbs.; Fuel capacity: 20 gals.; Wingspan: 19 ft. 7 in.; Length: 17 ft. 6 in.; Engine: 200 hp Lycoming. PERFORMANCE: Top speed: 156 mph; Cruise speed: 135 mph; Stall speed: 50 mph; Climb rate: 3,700 fpm; Service ceiling: 15,000 ft.; Takeoff run: 1,025 ft.; Landing roll: […]

STANDARD DATA: Gross weight: 1,023 lbs.; Emptyweight: 640 lbs.; Fuel capacity: 12 gals.; Wingspan: 20 ft.; Length: 17 ft. PERFORMANCE: Top speed: 125 mph; Cruise speed: 110 mph; Stall speed: 55 mph; Climb rate: 1,000 fpm; Takeoff run: 500 ft.; Landing roll: 550 ft.; Range: 200 nm. The EAA decided in 1955 to develop a […]

Heath Parasol STANDARD DATA: Gross weight: 700 lbs.; Empty weight: 450 lbs.; Fuel capacity: 9 gals.; Wingspan: 31 ft. 3 in.; Length: 17 ft. 3 in. PERFORMANCE: Top speed: 73 mph; Cruise speed: 62 mph; Stall speed:30 mph; Climb rate: 500 fpm; Takeoff run: 400 ft.; Landing roll: 400 ft.; Range: 350 nm. The Heath […]

STANDARD DATA (FLYING FLEA): Gross weight: 700 lbs.; Empty weight: 410 lbs.; Fuel capacity: 12 gals.; Wingspan: 20 ft.; Length: 14 ft. PERFORMANCE: Top speed: 105 mph; Stall speed: 35 mph; Climb rate: 500–600 fpm; Service ceiling: 16,400 ft.; Range: 275 nm. STANDARD DATA (AMF S-14): Gross weight: 1,500 lbs.; Empty weight: 1,000 lbs.; Fuel […]

For years, many experimental aircraft builders have strived to re-create their favorite World War II fighters in miniature. For most, many hurdles had to be negotiated to get the right look, feel, sound and, of course, performance—all at the right cost of ownership. Until the advent of composite building techniques, forming all those compound curves […]