c.1950
Paul Price
Pontiac IL.
USA
19??
Warren OH.
USA
Built two aircraft. In 1950 and 1962.
Aircraft
Preti PM-280 Tartuca
The PM-280 artuca (Tortoise) was produced in 1949 by the Instituto di Aeronautica of the Politecnico di Milano in Italy to the designs of Ermenegildo Preti.
A single-seat low-wing monoplane of all-wood construction, the Tartuca is fitted with flaps and a retractable undercarriage. Power is from a 60 hp C.N.A. D4 engine.
From the time that the design was started to the test flight was only ten weeks.
Engine: 60 hp C.N.A. D4
Wingspan: 16 ft 5 in
Wing area: 53.8 sq.ft
Length: 16 ft 6 in
Empty weight: 550 lb
Loaded weight: 770 lb
Max speed: 161 mph
Time to 3280 ft: 5 min 50 sec
Range: 342 mi
Ceiling: 10,827 ft
Prestwick Man Powered Aircraft Group Dragonfly
In 1974 the Prestwick Man Powered Aircraft Group, made up of some Scottish Aviation Employees, announced the Dragonfly man-powered aircraft.
Its span was about 80 ft and it was nearing first flight in August 1975. It has been reported to be an ornithopter, and the Dragonfly was allocated G-BDFU.
Prestwick Man Powered Aircraft Group
In 1974 the Prestwick Man Powered Aircraft Group, made up of some Scottish Aviation Employees, announced the Dragonfly man-powered aircraft.
Prest Baby Pursuit
The Prest Baby Pursuit of 1929 was a single-place monoplane with a diamond-shaped fuselage cross-section, designed by Clarence Prest. Priced at $2,100, optional engines were the 40hp Szekely SR-3 and 60hp Lawrance.
Seven were built including prototype NX876K, NX955Y, NX2304, NX13741, and NX17308/17309.
One set a world’s lightplane speed record of 101mph on 28 May 1930, using a 40hp Szekely, piloted by Prest.
Engine: 45hp Anzani
Wingspan: 24’0″
Length: 17’11”
Useful load: 225 lb
Max speed: 100 mph
Cruise: 80 mph
Stall: 40 mph
Range: 250 mi
Prest, Clarence
c.1925
(Clarence O) Prest Airplane Supply
Arlington CA
USA
1929:
Prest Airplane & Motor Co.
Preiss RHJ-9
A development of the Preiss RHJ-8 (itself a T-tailed, larger span, improved version of the RHJ- 7), the RHJ-9 is similar to its predecessors, but with a larger span wing. The wing has foam ribs bonded to the aluminum spar and skins with PVC ribs. It first flew in 1978.
Wing span: 18.29 m / 60 ft
Wing area: 14.38 sq.m / 154.8 sq.ft
Empty Weight: 304 kg / 668 lb
Payload: 196 kg / 432 lb
Gross Weight: 500 kg / 1100 lb
Wing Load: 34.77 kg/sq.m / 6.94 lb/sq.ft
L/DMax: 38
MinSink: 0.70 m/s / 2.3 fps / 1.36 kt
Aspect ratio: 26.6
Airfoil: Wortmann 63-3-318
Seats: 2
Preiss RHJ-8
The Preiss RHJ-8 was a T-tailed, larger span, improved version of the RHJ-7.
Preiss RHJ-7
In 1966 Henry Preiss converted an all metal Schreder HP-14 into a 2-place ship with side-by-side seating (two sets of rudder pedals and a center control stick with a bar that swings from one side to the other) and a fixed landing wheel. The design used standard HP-14 wings with a 2-ft center section added in the fuselage.
Wing span: 17.22 m / 56.5 ft
Wing area: 13 sq.m / 140 sq.ft
Empty Weight: 233 kg / 492 lb
Payload: 181 kg / 400 lb
Gross Weight: 404 kg / 892 lb
Wing Load: 31.08 kg/sq.m / 6.4 lb/sq.ft
L/DMax: 38 105 kph / 56 kt / 65 mph
MinSink: 0.61 m/s / 2.0 fps / 1.18 kt
Airfoil: Wortmann FX 61-163 mod.
Aspect ratio: 21.6
Seats: 2
No. Built: 1
Predappio Ca.602 / Ca.603 / Caproni Ca.602 / Ca.603
Predappio sa, a division of the Caproni Group, produced two trainers in the late 1930s, the Ca.602 two-seat biplane and a single-seat aerobatic version, the Ca.603, both powered by Alfa-Romeo in-line engines.
