Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 22, 2025

The Pigeon-Fraser Model SG was powered by a single 100hp Gnme rotary engine, had a length of 24 feet with a wingspan of 37 feet, 11 inches, and its single-set of wings featured a flat-bottomed airfoil. 9” on its rudder. Timson had designed nearly ten years prior.

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Plane and Pilot

JUNE 4, 2025

Theres always a rudder dance on every takeoff and landing. m2) Airfoil: NACA 43015 Empty weight: 1,150 lbs. kn (170 mph, 273 km/h) Range: 455 nmi (524 mi, 843 km) Service ceiling: 22,000 ft. kn (170 mph, 273 km/h) Range: 455 nmi (524 mi, 843 km) Service ceiling: 22,000 ft. Varga 2180TG General Crew: 2 Length: 21 ft.,

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Flying Magazine

MAY 6, 2025

Now, release the brakes and feel yourself pressed into the seat as you discover less right rudder is needed than you expect. It retained the classic, high-lift Clark Y airfoil, but the span of its four-position semi-Fowler flap span was extended. Confirm the gauges reflect full power and feel the airplane quiver in anticipation.

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Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 3, 2024

The airfoil is a Harry Riblett shape, giving modernized flow separation on the leading edge for a soft stall yet with good lift and drag performance. Precisely what the single-engine ceiling is, the team can’t say. “We We just fly the thing around at 1000 feet, so the ceiling, we don’t know.

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