The Perkins Inflatable was built and flown in Britain pre-1960. The entire airframe, apart from the engine and undercarriage, was deflate able and could be packed into a 14 inch diameter bundle, 4 ft 3 in long.
Perkins Inflatable
Author: Terry
Peris JN-1 / Povey JN-1
Construction Wood, Foam, Fiberglass
Plans cost $68.00. Est. Bldg. Time 800 hrs.
Engine: Kawasaki 440, 38 hp
Height: 5.16 ft
Length: 17.33 ft
Wing span: 30 ft
Wing area: 140 sq.ft
Weight empty: 320 lbs
Gross: 600 lbs
Fuel cap: 5 USG
Speed max: 65 mph
Cruise: 60 mph
Range: 110 sm
Stall: 28 mph
ROC: 600 fpm
Take-off dist: 250 ft
Landing dist: 250 ft
Service ceiling: 10,000 ft
HP range: 38-50
Seats: 1
Landing gear: tail wheel
Peris
1995: Nancy Peris, 149 S. Eastland Dr, Lancaster, PA 17602, USA.
Built the JN-1 LSA
Per il Volo VT
Circra 1998
VT 113
Empty weight: 18.5 kg
Engine: Vittorazi, 15 hp at 9300 rpm
Reduction: 1:3.1
Prop diameter: 113 cm
Fuel capacity: 7.5 lt
Price (1998): 5 500 000 L
VT 113 E
Empty weight: 13 kg
Engine: Vittorazi, 15 hp at 9300 rpm
Reduction: 1:3.1
Prop diameter: 113 cm
Fuel capacity: 7.5 lt
Price (1998): 6 300 000 L
VT 125 E
Empty weight: 20 kg
Engine: Vittorazi, 15 hp at 9300 rpm
Reduction: 1:3.5
Prop diameter: 125 cm
Fuel capacity: 7.5 lt
Price (1998): 5 600 000 L
VT 115
Empty weight: 17 kg
Engine: Monocil 80, 10 hp at 9300 rpm
Reduction: yes
Prop diameter: 113 cm
Fuel capacity: 7 lt
VT 125
Empty weight: 17 kg
Engine: Monocil 80, 10 hp at 9300 rpm
Reduction: yes
Prop diameter: 125 cm
Fuel capacity: 7 lt
Per il Volo
Per il Volo entered the paramotor market in 1989.
1998:
Via Silivi Pellico 24
I-35013 Citadella (PD)
Italy
Performance Engineering Mountain Goat
A two-seat kit bush- plane
Performance Engineering
USA
Offers kits to build Mountain Goat two-seat bush- plane.
Performance Aircraft Inc
USA
First flew in 1996 the Ackland Legend two-seat composites monoplane, available in kit form.
1997: 2901 W. 151 St, Ste C Olathe, KS 66062, USA.
Pérez Villa de Paris
Matias Pérez was a Portuguese aeronaut, tent-maker and Cuban resident who, carried away with the ever increasing popularity of aerostation, disappeared while making a gas balloon flight originating from Havana’s Plaza de Marte (now Parque Central) on June 28, 1856. A few days earlier he had made a successful first attempt, traveling several miles. His second try however, became part of Cuba’s folklore as today when someone or something vanishes into thin air, people say: “Voló como Matías Pérez” (flew away like Matias Pérez).
Pereyra
1995-7: Arnet Pereyra Inc, 500 Barnes Blvd, Rockledge, FL 32955, USA.
Marketed UL designs.
