A high wing monoplane with cruciform tail, Dacron and aluminum tubing construction, pilot pod, spray equipment.

Engine: Rotax 503
Landing gear: Tricycle
1984 Price: $11,500
Wingspan 30’
Wing area 154 sq.ft
Empty weight 350 lbs
Gross weight 720 lbs
Cruise speed 60 mph
Stall speed 25 mph
Vmax 63 mph
Climb 500 fpm
Takeoff run 150’
Landing roll 150’

Two-place side-by-side, high-wing monoplane, cruciform tail, aluminum tubing and Dacron construction, 3-axis controls with spoilers.

Engine: Rotax 503
Prop: Worldwide scimitar wood
Wingspan 32’
Wing area 160 sq.ft
Empty weight 330 lbs
Gross weight 720 lbs
Cruise speed 40 mph
Stall speed 27 mph
Vmax 45 mph
Climb 500 fpm
Takeoff run 150’
Landing roll 150’
1984 Price: $7,195

A single-surface high wing monoplane, cruciform tail, open cockpit, 3-axis controls with spoilers, aluminum tubing construction.

Engine: Rotax 277, 27 hp
Prop: Worldwide wood
Wingspan 30’
Wing area 160 sq.ft
Empty weight 210 lbs
Gross weight 610 lbs
Cruise speed 40 mph
Stall speed 19 mph
Vmax 45 mph
Climb 500 fpm
Takeoff run 100 ft
Landing roll 100 ft
Lan¬ding gear: Tricycle
Price 1984: $3,995

The Spitfire has a centre mounted joy stick, rudder pedals, tail wheel steerable through rudder pedals. The Spitfire II is a side-by-side two place version.

Spitfire
Engine: Kawasaki 440A
Wing span: 30’
Wing area: 154 sq.ft
Max wt: 550 lbs
Empty wt: 250 lbs
Stall: 19 mph
Cruise: 60 mph
Vmax: 63 mph
Climb rate: 850 fpm
TO run: 100 ft
Ldg roll: 100 ft

Spitfire II
Engine: Rotax 503, 53 hp
Prop: 6-foot wood Worldwide
Landing gear: Tricycle
Wingspan 30’
Wing area: 154 sq.ft
Empty to 330 lb
Gross weight 720 lbs
Cruise speed 60 mph
Stall speed 25 mph
Vrnax 63 mph
Climb 500 fpm
Takeoff run 150 ft
Landing roll: 150 ft

Centre mounted joy stick, rudder pedals, tail wheel steerable through rudder pedals.

Empty wt: 252 lbs
Wing span: 30’
Wing area: 154 sq.ft
Height: 6’6”
Length: 17’10”
Fuel cap; 5 USG
Construction: Aluminium, Dacron
Engine: Rotax 277 (268 cc) 28 hp
Static thrust: 165 lbs
Max wt: 612 lbs
Stall: 20 mph
Max speed: 63 mph
Vne: 85 mph
Climb rate: 450 fpm @ 40 mph
Design limit: +6, -4g
Glide ratio: 10-1
Wing loading: 3.97 lbs/sq.ft
Power loading: 21.86 lbs/hp

World Aircraft of Paris (Tennessee, that is), offers the Vision and Spirit S-LSA (also in kit form), now with new Garmin radios and “value pricing.” The Vision is a STOL bird with outsized doors, full elevator control at steep angles of attack, and it climbs out with full flaps, sports a beefy landing gear and routinely demonstrates 100-foot takeoff rolls! Price range: $85,000 to $125,000.

The World Aircraft Spirit is a Colombian/American amateur-built aircraft, designed by Max Tedesco and produced by World Aircraft Company. The aircraft was publicly introduced at AirVenture in 2011 and production was expected to commence in 2014. It is supplied as a kit for amateur construction or as a complete ready-to-fly aircraft.

The Spirit features a strut-braced high-wing, a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit that is 48 in (122 cm) wide, fixed tricycle landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.

The aircraft is made from aluminum sheet. Its 32.9 ft (10.0 m) span wing has an area of 132 sq ft (12.3 m2) and mounts flaps. The wing is supported by “V” struts and jury struts. The aircraft’s recommended engine power range is 100 to 130 hp (75 to 97 kW) and standard engines used include the 100 hp (75 kW) Rotax 912ULS, 100 hp (75 kW) Continental O-200 and the 100 hp (75 kW) Lycoming IO-233 four-stroke powerplants.

The aircraft has a design maximum gross weight of 1,653 lb (750 kg), but is restricted to 1,320 lb (599 kg) if flown in the US light-sport aircraft category.

The Spirit airframe is constructed in Colombia and then shipped to World Aircraft’s facility at Henry County Airport in Paris, Tennessee for final assembly and paint. Kits shipped are fully assembled and then disassembled for customer delivery and may be shipped painted as well. Construction time from the supplied kit is estimated as 110 hours.

By December 2011 55 examples had been completed and flown. As of October 2012, the design appears on the Federal Aviation Administration’s list of approved special light-sport aircraft.

The price in 2014 was US$129,500 (assembled, Spirit Grand Edition model). World Aircraft Company announced Vision kits were to start shipping in the first quarter of 2015. The regular price was to be US$26,995.00, but with an introductory price for the first twelve kits of US$24,700.00.

Variants:
World Aircraft Vision

Spirit
Engine: 1 × Rotax 912ULS, 100 hp (75 kW)
Propeller: 3-bladed composite
Length: 22 ft 3 in (6.78 m)
Wingspan: 32 ft 10 in (10.01 m)
Wing area: 132 sq ft (12.3 m2)
Empty weight: 728 lb (330 kg)
Gross weight: 1,320 lb (599 kg) light-sport aircraft version, 1,653 lb (750 kg) other versions
Fuel capacity: 24 U.S. gallons (91 L; 20 imp gal)
Cruise speed: 115 mph (100 kn; 185 km/h)
Stall speed: 35 mph (30 kn; 56 km/h) flaps down
Never exceed speed: 143 mph (124 kn; 230 km/h)
Range: 600 mi (521 nmi; 966 km)
Endurance: 4.5 hr
Maximum glide ratio: 10.5:1
Rate of climb: 950 ft/min (4.8 m/s)
Service ceiling: 14,000 ft
Wing loading: 10.0 lb/sq ft (49 kg/m2)
Takeoff dist: 175 ft
Landing dist: 260 ft
Load factor: +6 / -3G
Crew: one
Capacity: one passenger
Cabin width: 48.3 in
Glide ratio: 10.5:1