Termite Aircraft Termite

First flown on 10 February 1957 (N7939A), the Termite open cockpit, high wing monoplane was marketed as plans for home-builders.

The original motor was a 36hp Aeronca E-113C.

Reportedly 20 were under construction by 1961.

Engine: Continental, 40hp
Wingspan: 23’6″
Length: 15’1″
Useful load: 225 lb
Max speed: 95 mph
Cruise speed: 85 mph
Stall: 38 mph
Range: 150 mi
Seats: 1

Tenaud, Carlos

Carlos Tenaud Del Pomar

Carlos Tenaud, born in 1885, was the son of Julio Tenaud and Maria Luisa del Pomar in Peru. His name in Spanish then is Carlos Tenaud Del Pomar. Carlos Tenaud intended to build an ornithopter in 1905. He failed but the government sent him to study flying in France.

Educated at the Carnot Lyceum in France, Tenaud came to Lima with Paulet, to collaborate on his project for the school. The construction of the first Peruvian monoplane in 1908 was a 36-foot monoplane, carried out by Peruvian engineer Carlos Tenaud Pomar, at the School of Arts and Trades.

Carlos Tenaud died on 7 Sep 1911