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POUR LE MERITE BLUE MAX SABRE
POUR LE MERITE BLUE MAX SABRE
The Sabre 1K-1R was a high-wing strut-braced ultra-light aircraft with an open cockpit marketed by Pour le Merite Ultralights of Nagambie, VIC in the 1980s and was designed to meet ANO 95.10.
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POLLIWAGEN
POLLIWAGEN
The Poliwagen was a light sporting aircraft designed for amateur construction of composite structure. The first of three prototypes made its initial flight in 1977.
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PITTS SAMSON
PITTS SAMSON
For many years Curtis Pitts has designed high-performance aerobatic monoplanes, his first being built in 1941 and was known as the Pitts Special, being fitted with a 34-kw (45-hp) engine. Development was interrupted by World War II but thereafter his second design was built and had a 63-kw (85-hp) engine
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PITHER MONOPLANE
PITHER MONOPLANE
Herbert John Pither [1871 to 1934] was born in Reigate, Surrey, in the United Kingdom and was the second eldest of 12 children of John and Lydia Pither, who emigrated to Canterbury on the south island of New Zealand on board the vessel Crusader in 1875
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PIPISTREL ALPHA TRAINER
PIPISTREL ALPHA TRAINER
Similar in appearance to the Virus from the same company, the Alpha Trainer was designed to comply with American Light Sport Aircraft Rules.
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PIPER PA-60 AEROSTAR
PIPER PA-60 AEROSTAR
The prototype of the Smith Aerostar series, known as the 320, flew for the first time in November 1966 powered by two Lycoming IO-320 engines but as time went by more powerful engines were fitted to new models to increase performance.
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PIPER PA-46-350P MALIBU MIRAGE
PIPER PA-46-350P MALIBU MIRAGE
When introduced to the Piper range in 1979, the Malibu was the only production six-seat pressurised single-engine business aircraft.
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PIPER PA-38 TOMAHAWK
PIPER PA-38 TOMAHAWK
The Tomahawk was designed by Piper Aircraft basically as a good, all-round, training aircraft with emphasis on simplicity of maintenance and low operating costs, and to compete with the Cessna 150 series on the World market.
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PIPER PA-32R LANCE
PIPER PA-32R LANCE
The prototype of the PA-32 Lance series was flown for the first time on 30 August 1974, and customer deliveries began in October 1975.
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PIPER PA-31-350 NAVAJO CHIEFTAIN
PIPER PA-31-350 NAVAJO CHIEFTAIN
In 1972 Piper added the PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain to its range. The overall length had been increased by 0.61-m (2-ft), thus allowing for a 20-percent increase in overall cabin volume to provide accommodation for up to nine passengers plus the pilot in a commuter/charter aircraft role.
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PIPER PA-28-140 CHEROKEE
PIPER PA-28-140 CHEROKEE
Following on from the PA-24 Comanche series, the Cherokee, like the Cessna 150, 172 and 182 series was designed to meet the requirements of training organisations and private owners for a cheap, economical and practical aircraft for private use.
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PIPER PA-24 COMANCHE
PIPER PA-24 COMANCHE
Designed as a single-engine, high-performance executive aircraft, the Comanche was developed and sold in large numbers throughout the world and, when production concluded in the 1980s when floods destroyed the production line at Lock Haven, some 4,856 examples had been completed, comprising 1,143 Model 180, 2,537 Model 250, 1,028 Model
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PIPER PA-22 TRI-PACER
PIPER PA-22 TRI-PACER
The Piper PA-22 Tri-Pacer appeared on the market in 1951.
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PIPER PA-16 CLIPPER
PIPER PA-16 CLIPPER
The PA-16 was a development of the PA-15 Vagabond, being a stretched and refined variant to seat four, having an extra fuel tank, and other refinements. Production only proceeded for one year and some 736 were completed.
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PIPER PA-11 CUB SPECIAL
PIPER PA-11 CUB SPECIAL
The first Cub was the E-2, designed by the brothers C G and Gordon Taylor, and it was powered by the Brownbach Kitten engine, eventually replaced by the Continental Motors A-40 of 28-kw (37-hp).
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PILATUS PC-6 TURBO PORTER
PILATUS PC-6 TURBO PORTER
Designed by the Pilatus Aircraft Works Ltd of Stans, Switzerland, the Turbo Porter was the culmination of a series of aircraft developed for utility use.
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PILATUS PC-XII
PILATUS PC-XII
In 1989 the Swiss Pilatus concern announced it was developing a pressurised fast utility transport powered by a single Pratt & Whitney Canada PT-6A turboprop as a competitor for the Cessna 208 Caravan I, and the Beech King Air 200.
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PIETENPOL SKY SCOUT
PIETENPOL SKY SCOUT
The Sky Scout was designed by Bernard Pietenpol in the 1920s and was intended for home construction by the amateur builder using readily available materials, ie wood and fabric, and using a 15-kw (20-hp) Ford Model T or 30-kw (40-hp) Model A engine as a power plant
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PIAGGIO P-180 AVANTI
PIAGGIO P-180 AVANTI
The Avanti is of unusual design and is a mid-wing, three flying-surface aircraft designed to provide minimal drag and fuel consumption at the speed of a jet aircraft, keeping the main spar and engines behind the cabin to reduce noise and with a roomy cabin with good internal space and
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PHILLIPS LIFT ACTIVATOR DISC
PHILLIPS LIFT ACTIVATOR DISC
Mr Duan Phillips, a retired aeronautical engineer, who previously designed the Phillips Phillicopter helicopter, has designed what has been described as a flying saucer, mis-identified as a home-built hovercraft, but which is described by the designer as a lift actuator disc.
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PEREIRA GP-4
PEREIRA GP-4
The GP-4 is a two-seat light amateur built aircraft obtained in plans and kit form and built by the amateur builder.
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PERCIVAL Q-6
PERCIVAL Q-6
The Percival Q.6 was designed by Edgar Percival in about 1937 as a twin-engine monoplane with accommodation for four passengers in executive comfort and a crew of two powered by two Gipsy Six engines.
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PERCIVAL P-44 PROCTOR
PERCIVAL P-44 PROCTOR
The Percival Proctor I was basically a Vega Gull altered to meet a specification by the British Air Ministry for a communications aircraft suitable to meet the requirements of the Royal Air Force, this being achieved by the reduction of seating capacity from four to three, and redesigning the cabin
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PELLARINI AIRJEEP
PELLARINI AIRJEEP
The Airjeep (in some references referred to as the Air Sedan and PL-13) was designed by well known Australian aircraft designer, Luigi Pellarini, designer of the Fawcett 120, Transavia PL-12, Victa R-2, Kingsford Smith PL-7 Tanker and a number of other projects, including what was to be the PL-9, a
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PAZMANY PL-4A
PAZMANY PL-4A
The PL-4A was designed by Ladislao Pazmany as an easy-to-build, low-cost, aircraft for amateur builders, and the prototype was flown for the first time on 12 July 1972.
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PAVAN BUSH BOAR STOL
PAVAN BUSH BOAR STOL
The Bush Boar STOL 19-8472 was a one-off two-seat light sport aircraft designed and built by Robert Pavan. It commenced life as a Calair CA-21 Skyfox and was registered 55-0608 on 5 November 1990.
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PARKER JEANIE TEENIE
PARKER JEANIE TEENIE
The Jeanie Teenie was designed by Calvin Parker of Coolidge, Arizona and was his first design and was known as the JT-1 and was first shown to the public in 1967, its initial development taking place in Alabama.
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PALCAR TWA-3
PALCAR TWA-3
The TWA-3 was designed and built for submission to the Australian Government to meet a requirement of the RAAF for a training aircraft to meet the Australian commitment for pilots at the beginning of World War II.
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PACIFIC AEROSPACE 750 XL
PACIFIC AEROSPACE 750 XL
The PAC 750XL was designed and produced by Pacific Aerospace Corp at Hamilton, New Zealand, the company having since 1966 produced over 600 aircraft. The 750XL was designed to meet the utility market where the parachuting industry, and other operators, would benefit from the aircrafts performance and low operating costs
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ORNITHOPTER
ORNITHOPTER
The Ornithopter is described in the Collins English Dictionary as “a heavier-than-air aircraft sustained in and propelled through the air by flapping wings.”
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ONE AVIATION ECLIPSE 550
ONE AVIATION ECLIPSE 550
The Eclipse 550 has been developed from the earlier Eclipse 500 which was built by Eclipse Aerospace from 2010.
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ONE AIRCRAFT
ONE AIRCRAFT
The One Aircraft is a 2 + 1 light sporting aircraft produced in Slovenia, the company One being set up in 2014 to “design the ultimate, safe, affordable, attractive and top performance sport-family aircraft with 2 + 1 seating configuration that would fit in existing LSA and CS LSA (2-seat
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OLDFIELD BABY LAKES
OLDFIELD BABY LAKES
The Baby Lakes was a scaled-down version of the very popular Great Lakes Sports Trainer designed by Barney Oldfield in Cleveland, Ohio, for the amateur builder.
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O & N AIRCRAFT P-210 SILVER EAGLE
O & N AIRCRAFT P-210 SILVER EAGLE
O & N Aircraft Modifications of Factoryville, Pennsylvania, has in recent years been involved in the conversion of aircraft to turbine power, and one of these has been the Silver Eagle, a conversion of the Cessna 210 series.
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NZHPFG ROYAL SPOONBILL HPA
NZHPFG ROYAL SPOONBILL HPA
This aircraft was designed as a three-man-powered aircraft following the announcement of a competition by Henry Kremer, a British Industrialist, for interested builders to design, construct, and fly a human-powered aircraft over a figure-of-eight course covering a distance of 1.6-km (1-mile), the course to include a 3.048-m (10-ft) pole that
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NUWACO T-10
NUWACO T-10
Advance Aircraft Company, which later became the Waco Aircraft Company, is well known for building light passenger aircraft in the 1920s and a number of examples of the series have operated in this part of the World.
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NUNN PN-2
NUNN PN-2
Designed by the company Peter Nunn & Associates Pty Ltd of Fitzroy, North Victoria, the prototype PN-2 (VH-PII - c/n P-002) is an all-metal two-seat low-wing monoplane with a bubble canopy powered by a converted Mazda 13B rotary motor-car engine.
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NOSTALGAIR N-3 PUP
NOSTALGAIR N-3 PUP
The N-3 Pup was a designed by Robert Counts in 1990 as a single-seat 75% scale replica of the Piper J-3 Cub series.
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NORTHROP MODEL 2 GAMMA
NORTHROP MODEL 2 GAMMA
In the early 1930s Northrop Corp, which at this time was operating from a facility at Mines Field at Los Angeles Municipal Airport, designed and built the single-engine Delta, which was an enlarged Alpha. However, at the same time the new Company built two Model 2 Gammas, being single or
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NORTHROP GRUMMAN MQ-4C TRITON
NORTHROP GRUMMAN MQ-4C TRITON
The MQ-4C is a development of the Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk and is an unmanned aerial vehicle developed for the United States Navy as a surveillance aircraft and has been developed under the Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) program.
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