A first-effort, the 1928 Paschkle single place open cockpit high wing monoplane flew well for 15 hours, then was damaged beyond repair when it hit a vagrant pig during a landing.
Engine: Curtiss OX-5, 90hp
Aircraft
Paschke
Paul & Ted Paschke
Hancock MN.
USA
Circa 1928 built a monoplane
Partridge-Keller Trainer
The tractor Trainer two place open cockpit biplane of 1913 was powered by an 80hp Smith radial.
Partridge-Keller Biplane / Looper
The Partridge-Keller Bi-Plane aka “Looper” was built in 1914 especially for Katherine Stinson for her exhibition flights in North American and the Orient.
At first the two place open cockpit biplane was powered by an 80hp Gnôme rotary and had an uncovered fuselage. Later, power was changed to an 80hp Smith 6-cylinder radial and the fuselage covered with fabric.
Partridge-Keller #1
Built for sportsman-pilot Joseph Best in 1913, the single place open cockpit #1 featured Wright two-stick controls and wing-warping.
Engine: 60hp Kirkham
Partridge-Keller
(Elmer) Partridge-(Henry S) “Pop” Keller
P&K Flying School
Cicero IL.
USA
Circa 1913-14
Besides recorded individual creations, the P&K were responsible for many conversions and modifications of surplus WW1 aircraft registered with civil numbers.
Partridge Biplane
Charles Dickenson successfully tendered for the Twin Cities-Chicago mail contract in 1926 with three Wright J-4 Lairds, an open cockpit biplane built by Henry C. Keller, and a cabin biplane built by Elmer Partridge. A few minutes after taking off on the Dickenson company’s inaugural flight on 7 June 1927, Elmer Partridge crashed and died in his home-made aircraft.
Partenavia P.55 Tornado
A one off designed specifically to enter and win the “Giro de Sicilia”, the Tour of Sicily, the P.55 Tornado was a two-seat sport competition aircraft, with a mid-mounted wing, retractable tricycle landing gear, a Lycoming O-320 flat-four engine, and side-by-side seating.
First flying in 1955, the only example (I-REGJ) winning the Tour of Sicily in 1956, to be lost in a crash on 13th June 1958.
Engine: 1 x Lycoming O-290-D2, 140 h.p.
Span: 23′ 7.5″
Wing area: 86.1 sq.ft
Length: 19′ 9.75″
Height: 6 ft 10.75 in
Empty weight: 868 lb
Loaded weight: 1367 lb
Max speed: 211 mph
Cruise: 186 mph
Time to 3280ft: 3 min
Max range: 497 mi
Partenavia P.53 Aeroscooter
The Partenavia P-53 Aeroscooter was designed by Luigi Pascale, expressly for Mario de Bernardi, winner of the previous year’s d ‘Annunzio Trophy on a Partenavia P-55 Tornado.
The Aeroscooter is constructed of metal, and represents the minimum safe structure required to unite pilot, engine and flying surfaces. It fitted with a two-bladed rotor to reduce descent rate and stall in the event of an engine failure.
It flew in 1951.
It was built in collaboration with one Mario de Bernardi, who went on to build a two-seat version of the Aeroscooter; but he then died of a heart attack, and that was the end of it.
Engine: Ambrosini P-25, 16 kW (22 HP)
Prop: two-blade wooden
Wingspan 27 ft. 2 in / 8.28 m
Wing area: 8.3 m2 (89 sq ft)
Airfoil: NACA 63-series
Length 16 ft. 9 in / 5.12 m
Height 5 ft. 7 in / 1.70 m
Empty weight: 180 kg / 397 lb
MTOW: 280 kg / 617 lb
Maximum speed: 93 m.p.h. / 150 km/h / 81 kn
Cruising speed: 74 m.p.h. / 120 km/h / 65 kn
Stalling speed: 37 m.p.h. / 32 kn / 60 km/h
Service ceiling: 11,500 ft / 3,500 m
Range: 500 km / 310 mi / 270 nmi
Seats: 1
Partenavia P.52 Tigrotto / Tiger Cub
The Astore was followed by the Tigrotto was a low-wing cabin monoplane with a retractable tailwheel landing gear. It had two-seats side-by-side and was powered by an 85 hp (63 kW) Continental C85 engine.
The all-wood prototype, and only Tigrotto, registered I-CARB, first flew in 1953.
Engine: Continental C85-12F, 63 kW (85 hp)
Wingspan: 29 ft 6.5 in
Length: 19 ft 3.5 in
Height: 5 ft 7 in
Maximum speed: 235 km/h (146 mph, 127 kn)
Cruise speed: 200 km/h (124 mph, 108 kn)
Ceiling: 14,764 ft
Range: 597 mi
Empty weight: 948 lb
Loaded weight: 1598 lb
Crew: 1 (pilot)
Capacity: 1 (passenger)
