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Price PL-2-DM

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In 1962 Paul Price built the Price PL-2-DM, registered N850Z c/n 2,, which appears to be a much larger version of his Price Special. The PL-2-DM is also a single place, open cockpit high-wing monoplane.

PL-2-DM
Engine: 65hp Lycoming O-145 or Continental C-65
Wingspan: 24’0″
Length: 15’6″
Useful load: 225 lb
Max speed: 85 mph
Cruise: 60 mph
Stall: 40 mph
Range: 90 mi
Seats: 1

Preti PM-280 Tartuca

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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

Prest Baby Pursuit

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Prest Baby Pursuit N17308

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.

Prest Baby Pursuit NX876K

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