GR 215 E
Empty weight: 19 kw
Engine: Solo, 14 hp
Reduction: 1:2.5
Prop diameter: 99 cm
Fuel capacity: 5/10
Price (1998): 19 900 F
GR 215 E+
Empty weight: 20 kg
Engine: Solo, 18 hp
Reduction: 1:2.5
Prop diameter: 108 cm
Fuel capacity: 5/10
Price (1998): 24 900 F
1998:
Route de Toissieu
F-07340 St Désirat
France
Paramotor builder
The 1931 Pilgrim KR-135 (ATC 415) was based on the Kreider-Reisner 21 series. Three were built; [NC248V, X311H, and NC963V. X311H was used as a test bed for Fairchild’s 100hp experimental Ranger 6-375 engine.
Engine: 125hp Fairchild (Ranger) 6-390
Wingspan: 27’0″
Length: 21’6″ Useful load: 590 lb
Max speed: 116 mph
Cruise: 93 mph
Stall: 51 mph
Range: 380 mi
Seats: 2
The 1931 Pilgrim KR-34 (ATC 2-372) was a modified Fairchild KR-34, three-place open cockpit biplane, powered by a 120hp General-Moore engine. Only one was produced.
Circa 1936, Pilgrim built an FC-2, two-place open cockpit biplane, powered by a 220hp Wright engine and registered NR6692.
Designed by Virginius E. Clark, the 1931 100, 100-A or American Pilgrim was essentially a Fairchild product, descended from Fairchild 100.
The Pilgrim 100-A received ATC 443, 2-365.
The 1932 100-B was powered by Wright R-1820 Cyclone B engines and received ATC 470. Ten were built, of which six went to American Airways, and four to the Army as Y1C-24.
Priced at $28,750, sixteen P&W Honet-engined Pilgrim 100As and six Wright Cyclone-engined 100B were built, all of which went to American Airlines, later passing to Alaskan Airways.
100 / 100-A / American Pilgrim
Engines: 575hp P&W Hornet B
Wing span: 57’0″
Length: 38’1″
Useful load: 3388 lb
Max speed: 136 mph
Cruise: 118 mph
Stall: 65 mph
Range: 400-500 mi
Seats: 10
100-B
Engines: 575hp Wright R-1820 Cyclone B
Length: 39’2″
Useful load: 3313 lb
Max speed: 135 mph
Cruise: 118 mph
Stall: 65 mph
Range: 510
Seats: 10
1931:
American Airplane & Engine Corp (Fairchild)
Farmingdale NY.
USA
1931: Acquired by General Aviation Mfg Corp.
Pilcher added bicycle wheels and a tow launch to his ‘Hawk’ for swifter starts, and more than 100 separate pieces of piano wire to hold the wings in shape. Many successful flights were made.
Percy Pilcher crashed and was killed in the Hawk on 2 October 1899.
First flight: 1896
Wing span: 7.1m / 23ft 4in
Length: 5.6m / 18ft 6 in
Weight: 23 kg / 50 lb
In 1893 Pilcher had been appointed assistant lecturer in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering at Glasgow University, and it was there, inspired by Otto Lilienthal, that he designed his first glider, the Bat, in 1895 and tested it at Cardross. In 1896 he made his first glides, under Lilienthal’s tuition. This was the second form of Bat, with a bisecting circular fin and tailplane. Longer flights were made, some under tow when the wings’ dihedral was reduced.
The PC-24 twin-engine business jet is equipped with a cargo door.
The first ever PC-24 took off on its maiden flight on 11 May 2014 at 10:00 local time from Buochs Airport. Prototype P01, callsign HB-VXA, flew across central Switzerland for a total of 55 minutes. The flight went exactly as planned with no problems. The aircraft took off from runway 07 in just under 600 meters and climbed to 10,000 feet (approx 3000 m ) in around three minutes. Test pilot Paul Mulcahy flew the PC-24 as Pilot in Command, with second test pilot, Reto Aeschlimann. The maiden flight followed a route across Central Switzerland – from Altdorf to Brünig via Engelberg. Twelve Flight Test engineers watched the flight from the ground on a stream of real-time flight data received from the PC-24.
A total of three PC 24 prototypes were to be built and used to complete a test programs of some 2,300 hours over the next two years.
Pilatus sold 84 PC-24’s in the space of just 36 hours at last year’s European Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition (EBACE) in May 2014. Certification and initial deliveries of the first aircraft were to come off the production line are planned from 2017.
The Pilatus PC-24, the “super versatile jet” from the Swiss manufacturer that is designed to bring many of the PC-12 turboprop’s unique capabilities to the bizjet market.
PC-24 production has started at Pilatus Aircraft’s headquarters in Stans, Switzerland, as the manufacturer readies to deliver the first customer airplane following certification.
In January 2017, fractional-ownership company PlaneSense was revealed as the launch customer for the jet, which features a large aft cargo door and the ability to operate from unimproved airstrips, both hallmarks of the PC-12 NG.
Flight testing to date has confirmed that the PC-24 will beat original projections and that the current flight test schedule is tracking on time, allowing for the handover of the first customer airplane two short weeks after certification is in hand.
Pilatus opened and closed the order book for the PC-24 at the EBACE show in Geneva in 2014, notching 84 sales, or three years’ worth of production. A long line of potential customers is said to be showing interest in the $9 million jet. Pilatus says it will reopen the order book after completing certification.
The PC-24 will boast a speed of 425 knots, a range of nearly 2,000 nm, a max operating altitude of 45,000 feet and a max payload figure of 2,500 pounds. The jet will be capable of carrying up to 10 passengers.
