Palomino (aircraft)
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| Flying Magazine, Palomino, son of Mustang, January 1967, pg 15-16 | |
| Role | Experimental aircraft |
| National origin | United States |
| Designer | Bert Wilcut |
| First flight | 1963 |
| Introduction | 1967 |
| Developed from | Midget Mustang |
The Palomino is the third generation of the Midget Mustang. The Midget Mustang was a 1948 midget racer developed by Dave Long, Piper's Chief Engineer. In early 1960s, Bert Wilcut acquired manufacturing right to the Midget Mustang and started to modify the design into the Palomino. Mr. Wilcut, along with Dave Lang, Art Mooney, Hal Cronkite, Bill Taylor, and Dick Kraft were involved in the re-engineering and development.[1]
Operational history
[edit]In 1962, the first Palomino was a single seat aircraft made by the Palomino Aircraft Associates, later to become San Antonio Aviation located on Stinson Municipal Airport in San Antonio, Texas. This airplane was powered by a 125hp Lycoming O-290. It's Federal Aviation Administration number is N40J.
In 1965, the original Palomino was modified to a tandem-seater with a 150hp Avco Lycoming O-320 engine. Its span is now 28'2" and length: 20'7" but retained the N40J registration number.
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Variants
[edit]- Palomino reg. Nn. N40J of the San Antonio Aviation Company (single-seater)
- Palomino same reg. no. N40J of the Palomino Aircraft Associates (tandem two-seater)
- Omega same reg. no. N40J of the Integrated Systems Company called "Streak 90" and involved in an accident (hard landing) on 16 October 1964.
- Omega II
- Omega III [2]
Specifications Palomino
[edit]Data from American airplanes Pa-Pi[3]
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Capacity: 2
- Length: 20 ft 7 in (6.27 m)
- Wingspan: 28 ft 2 in (8.59 m)
- Empty weight: 998 lb (453 kg)
- Gross weight: 1,726 lb (783 kg)
- Powerplant: 1 × Franklin 4A-235-B, replaced by Avco Lycoming O-320 150hp , 130 hp (97 kW)
- Propellers: 2-bladed McCauley
Performance
- Maximum speed: 163 mph (262 km/h, 142 kn)
- Cruise speed: 148 mph (238 km/h, 129 kn)
- Service ceiling: 15,000 ft (4,600 m)
On Display
[edit]See also
[edit]Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era