Phillips CT-2 Skylark

Phillips CT-2 Skylark NC19995 s/n 102

The 1941 Phillips CT-2 Skylark featured an optional sliding cockpit canopy and was priced at $2,500.

Phillips CT-2 N19989

Probably only two were built, N19989 c/n 101 and NC19995 s/n 102.

Engine: 120hp Phillips-Martin D-333
Wingspan: 28’3″
Length: 23’3″
Useful load: 570 lb
Max speed: 124 mph
Cruise: 115 mph
Stall: 45 mph
Range: 315 mi
Seats: 2

Phillips CT-1

Philips CT-1 Perú OB-AAN

In 1940 Phillips Aviation Co built the CT-1 two-seat biplane (ATC 731) designed by Ivan Driggs. A continuation of the Driggs Skylark, offered with a 95hp Menasco B-4 engine or optional 125hp C-4 and sliding cockpit canopy.

Two or three were built, the prototype being NX18989 c/n 100, and one went to Peru.

CT-1 Skylark
Engine 95hp Menasco B-4
Wingspan: 28’3″
Length: 23’2″
Useful load: 586 lb
Max speed: 114 mph
Cruise: 100 mph
Stall: 45 mph
Range: 340 mi
Seats: 2

Pheasant Aircraft Traveler

The H-10 Pheasant was followed in 1928 by the Traveler single-seat cabin, high-wing monoplane with a cantilever gull-wing.

Following testing of the prototype NX174N by pilot Steve Wittman, two more Pheasant Travelers were built. One of them was equipped with a four-cylinder Cirrus Hermes engine producing 90 hp.

In 1929, Traveler was shown at the Detroit Air Show. In the same year, Steve Wittman participated in various air races in it, although without much success.

Engine: 55hp modified Ford A
Wingspan: 31’0″
Length: 23’6″
Max speed: 100 mph
Cruise: 85 mph
Stall: 35 mph
Seats: 1

Pheasant Aircraft Pheasant

Pheasant H-10 NC5609

Pheasant Aircraft Company’s first product in 1927 was the H-10 Pheasant (ATC 36) three-seat commercial biplane with 90 hp Curtiss OX-5 engine.

Designed by Lee Briggs and Orville Hickman and priced at $2,375-2,650, eleven were built.

Operations were sold and moved north in 1928 after Briggs was killed in a flying accident.

Engine: 90hp Curtiss OX-5
Wingspan: 32’4″
Length: 23’6″
Useful load: 785 lb
Max speed: 100 mph
Cruise: 85 mph
Stall: 35 mph
Range: 450-500 mi
Seats: 3

Pfeifer D-VIII

Swedish vintage aircraft builder and pilot Mikael Carlson constructed a Pfalz D.VIII replica.

Carlson Pfalz D.VIII replica

The Pfalz D.VIII is just over five metres long and has 200 horsepower in the nose. This aircraft and its engine, the Siemens-Halske Sh.III, were among the last of their kind.

160 hp Siemens 1918