185 hp BMW 1918
Pfeifer D-XV
Aircraft
Pfeifer D-XI
160 hp Mercedes 1918
Pfeifer D-VIII
Swedish vintage aircraft builder and pilot Mikael Carlson constructed a 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
Pfeifer D-VI
110 hp Le Rhone 1917
Pfeifer Sport
The 1936 Sport was a two place open cockpit monoplane. Registered N15426 c/n J-4 it was first flown on 6 May 1936 and powered by various motors from 50hp Ford B to 90hp Warner. The original crashed at Santa Susana CA on 9 August 1941 (p: John Toborg) and the registration was cancelled.
Originally a reworked Pietenpol, a version of this plane was built by Pfeifer in 1975 with a 110hp Corvair auto engine and higher parasol wing (span: 30’5″).
Pfeifer Sopwith Snipe
Pfeifer Nieuport 11
Pfeifer JL Sport / Special
Rebuilt from a Fleet 2, the 1956 Pfeifer JL Sport aka Special, registered N63J, was a two place, open cockpit biplane.
Engine: Lycoming O-435-C1, 190hp
Wing span: 28’0″
Length: 19’6″
Useful load: 730 lb
Max speed: 138 mph
Cruise speed: 125 mph
Stall: 65 mph
Seats: 2
Pfeifer, Joe / Industrial Aircraft Co
1936: Joe Pfeifer, St Louis MO.
Burbank CA.
1952: Porterville CA.
c.1957: Industrial Aircraft Co, Santa Susana CA.
1963: Columbia CA.
Pfeifer was noted for several exquisite flying replica WW1 aircraft, sportplanes, and his many restorations through the ’50s and ’60s.
Pfalz D.IV
This aircraft was a biplane version of the E V monoplane. It was to the Walfisch format, with deep gap-filling fuselage and car-type radiator at the nose. Although not confirmed, the engine is thought to have been 100 h.p. Mercedes D I.
The Pfalz D 4 was the first biplane fighter design from Pfalz. With a fuselage resembling the earlier Pfalz E.V, the D 4 was powered by a 150 hp Benz Bz.III engine. The cutouts in the sides of the cockpit gave the pilot better visibility downwards to the front.
The Pfalz D 4 version without fixed fin or headrest is shown here. The exhaust pipe was also longer than that of the version with fixed fin and headrest. Iron crosses are painted on both sides of the elevators like Pfalz E-types.
