Canadian Edward C. Peterson piloting his own modified Blériot XI type copy across Kelly’s race track at Fort William, Thunder Bay, Ontario, near the corner of Edward and Arthur streets. Reportedly the first monoplane built in Canada, unfortunately on this occasion the plane failed to leave the ground. A later report in 1911 stated Peterson did make a successful flight over the fields at Mission Island.
The Peterson Skyline Super-V was a 1957 twin conversion of a Beechcraft Bonanza by David G Peterson, registered N2811V.
Engines: two 170hp Lycoming O-340
Useful load: 1500 lb
Max speed: 230 mph
Cruise: 200 mph
Stall: 43 mph
Range: 1300
Ceiling: 11,000′
Tulsa OK.
USA
Converted Beechcraft Bonanza into twin-engined Peterson Skyline Super-V.
The 1932 Peters Aircraft Co Play Plane, or National Aircraft Builders Corp (NABA) Sportster was a single-place monoplane aimed at the lightplane home-builder market.
Originally powered by a 28hp Lawrance engine, by 1938 it had a 40hp Continental.
They were priced at $987, and $1,185 for a proposed two-place version. Two were built, NX10682 and NX15511 but unknown if any were built by others.
In 1929 Peters Aircraft Co built the AL-1 aircraft, NX845M, powered by a 40hp Ford A engine.
1929:
(Alva A) Peters Aircraft Co,
Salinas CA.
USA
c.1931:
National Aircraft Builders Corp (NABA)
4053 Harlan St,
Emeryville CA.
USA
Peterborough Aircraft Company Ltd acquired what little remained of Aeronca circa 1938, including the uncompleted Aeronca 300. A revised version of that was produced as the Peterborough Ely 700 prototype, registered G-AEVE, but met with no success.
On 16 September 1938, Flt-Lt Bernard J.W. Brady, along with John PA Fulton, another director from Aircraft Exchange and Mart, formed the Peterborough Aircraft Company Ltd to acquire what little remained of Aeronca, including the uncompleted Aeronca 300. A revised version of that was produced as the Peterborough Ely, but met with no success.
A side-by-side two seat cabin monoplane with tricycle undercarriage designed by J.H.Payne and built by Peterborough Aero Club in 1939.
It was registered G-AFZT c/n G.1 and taken to Slingsby’s at Kirknymoorside for competition but was still not finished. The Guardian was to have been powered by a Cirrus I engine but was broken up soon after the war finished.
Span: 33.04 ft
Length: 23.04 ft
In 1919 the Marquis Raul Pateras de Pescara began trials with a series of helicopters leading to his 1924 biplane helicopter which had 16 rotorblades mounted co axially with both cyclic and collective pitch control. He flew it in France rather than his native Argentina, succeeding in directing its flight at a speed around 8 kph (13 mph) and 700 yards, making autorotative descents with the blades free¬wheeling.
The Pescara No.3 was flown backwards in 1924 on second flight. It later flew for 670 seconds.
By 1965 it was in reserve storage at the Musee de L’Air.
