Monoplane

PAR / Parks Alumni Racer Special / Trefethan TRW Special

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PAR Special

Designed by George Owl, the PAR Special N90522 of 1950 was a single place racer powered by an 85hp Continental C-85 pusher, with a variable-incidence wing.

The 1952 TRW Special midget racer N2948 was built partially from the PAR Special. Raced as a midget racer ‘Mixmaster’ with Y-tail and aft-mounted prop, after unsuccessful competitions, it was rebuilt in 1952 as Trefethan TRW Special, using the wings, aft fuselage and tail.

PAR Special
Engine: Continental C-85, 85hp
Span: 20’0″
Length: 20’0″

TRW Special
1952
Engine: 85hp Continental C-85
Seats: 1

Perry P-1

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Reportedly, W Parker Perry built a five-place monoplane amphibian Perry P-1 in 1929.

Although registered as N444 on 16 January 1929, specs from Perry’s application were 14′ long with 12′ wingspan and one or two Packard engines of 85 hp, to accommodate a pilot and four passengers.

CAA inquiries went unanswered and the registration was cancelled on 5 May 1930. Probably never built or completed.

Parker Ranger

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Designed by W.L.Parker, the Ranger originally had a retractable 11 kW/ 15 bhp engine and a 78 cm/ 31 in propeller. The Ranger was unable to take off on its own, so the Righter engine was fitted instead to give self- launch capability. It has a fixed main wheel plus a wheel in the nose, and no glidepath control devices.
Construction is all aluminum, with a laminated aluminum spar.

Engine: 26 kW/ 35 bhp Righter
Wing span: 11.43 m / 37.5 ft
Aspect ratio: 12
Wing area: 11.33 sq.m / 122 sq.ft
Gross Weight: 91 kg / 200 lb
Payload: 263 kg / 580 lb
Empty weight: 354 kg lb / 780 lb
Wing Load: 31.24 kg/sq.m / 6.5 lb/sq.ft
L/DMax: 18
Airfoil: NACA 4418
Seats: 1

Parker T-Bird

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The sole wood and fibreglass T-Bird built first flew in 1962 and placed 8th in the Nationals that year flown by its designer/ builder Ray Parker. It was acquired by the Santa Maria (CA) Museum of Flight

Wing span: 15.45 m / 50.7 ft
Wing area: 11.15 sq.m / 120 sq.ft
Gross Weight: 329 kg / 725 lb
Empty Weight: 247 kg / 545 lb
Payload: 82 kg / 180 lb
Wing Load: 29.51 kg/sq.m / 6.04 lb/sq.ft
L/DMax: 34
MinSink: 0.61 m/s / 2.0 fps / 1.18 kt
Airfoil: Wortmann FX 05-191
Seats: 1

Parker 1910 Monoplane

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The Spokane (Washington) Spokesman-Review of August 28, 1910 reported Fred Parker’s monoplane’s first flight in Minnesota occurring a day earlier. Fred was 22-years old at the time. The monoplane was built in a workshop in Hamline, a St. Paul suburb, and weighed 130 pounds. It is stated in Popular Mechanics (1909) that Fred Parker had previously made several dirigible flights for Roy Knabenshue and Captain Baldwin.

Parker Teenie Two / Double Teenie

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An improved version of the Jeanie’s Teenie, the Teenie Two is an all-metal, single-place monoplane built entirely from aluminum except for the landing gear and controls. Building needs no bending brake, nor is any metal or riveting experience required. Most of the sheet metal bending involved in building the Teenie Two is done by hand and the design is close to optimum simplicity. Power is provided by a Volkswagen conversion. Stressed for aerobatics. The wingspan is optionally 19 feet 10 inches w/wingtips.

Cruise at 3/4 throttle is 110 mph, using 2 1/2 Usgph. The top speed level is 120 mph, and up to 140 mph with full canopy & cowl.

Plans and component kits were available.

The Double Teenie was a two place version.

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Engine 1600-cc Volkswagen
HP range: 60-80
Wingspan 18 ft – 19 ft 10 in
Length 12 ft 11 in
Height: 6 ft
Wing area: 59 sq.ft
Gross Wt. 550-590 lbs
Empty Wt. 310 lbs
Fuel capacity 9 USG
Usefull load: 240 lb utility to 280 lbs. standard category
Top speed 120-140 mph
Cruise 110 mph
Stall 48 mph
Takeoff run 600 ft
Landing roll 800 ft
Range 400 sm
ROC: 800 fpm
Service ceiling: 14,000 ft
Seats: 1
Tricycle gear 350 x 4 tires & wheels

Parker Jeanie’s Teenie

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HB-YAO c/n SF.01

In the 1960s Calvin Parker built one prototype Jeanie’s Teenie, single place, open cockpit low wing monoplane.
Several thousand sets of plans were reportedly sold to home-builders.

HB-YAO c/n SF.01 was built by S.Freudiger, appearing at Sywell, UK, in 1974 and 1975. Destroyed at Ecuvillens, Switzerland, in an overshoot on 23 August 1975.

Engine: Volkswagen, 36hp
Wingspan: 18’4″
Length: 12’8″
Useful load: 250 lb
Max speed: 110 mph
Cruise speed: 90 mph