Loehle Aircraft
Encyclopedia
Loehle Aircraft Corporation is an aircraft manufacturer located in Wartrace, Tennessee
, that produces aircraft kits and a complete aircraft paint line for all types of aircraft, including metal, composite and fabric covered
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Oshkosh '81 Ultralight Grand Champion Award and also the award for Outstanding Craftsmanship for his Easy Riser ultralight.
Wartrace, Tennessee
Wartrace is a town in Bedford County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 548 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Wartrace is located at ....
, that produces aircraft kits and a complete aircraft paint line for all types of aircraft, including metal, composite and fabric covered
Aircraft fabric covering
Aircraft fabric covering is a term used for both the material used and the process of covering aircraft open structures. It is also used for reinforcing closed plywood structures, the de Havilland Mosquito being an example of this technique....
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History
This company has manufactured aircraft kits since 1977. In 1981 Mike Lohle won the Experimental Aircraft AssociationExperimental Aircraft Association
The Experimental Aircraft Association is an international organization of aviation enthusiasts based in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Since its inception it has grown internationally with over 160,000 members and about 1,000 chapters worldwide....
Oshkosh '81 Ultralight Grand Champion Award and also the award for Outstanding Craftsmanship for his Easy Riser ultralight.
Aircraft
| Model name | First flight | Number built | Type |
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| Loehle 5151 Mustang Loehle 5151 Mustang |-See also:-External links:**... |
1988 | 27 fixed gear, 75 retractable gear (2007) | 3/4 scale replica of North American P-51 Mustang |
| Loehle Fokker D-VII | 2 (2007) | Replica of Fokker D-VII | |
| Loehle KW-909 | 1 (2007) | Replica of Messerschmitt 109 & Focke-Wulf 190 | |
| Loehle P-40 | 3 (2007) | Replica of Curtiss P-40 Curtiss P-40 The Curtiss P-40 Warhawk was an American single-engine, single-seat, all-metal fighter and ground attack aircraft that first flew in 1938. The P-40 design was a modification of the previous Curtiss P-36 Hawk which reduced development time and enabled a rapid entry into production and operational... |
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| Loehle SE5A | 3 (2007) | Replica of Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5A | |
| Loehle Spad XIII | 5 (2007) | Replica of Spad XIII | |
| Loehle Spitfire | 1 (1998) | 3/4 scale replica of Supermarine Spitfire Supermarine Spitfire The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft that was used by the Royal Air Force and many other Allied countries throughout the Second World War. The Spitfire continued to be used as a front line fighter and in secondary roles into the 1950s... |
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| Loehle Sport Parasol Loehle Sport Parasol |-See also:-External links:*... |
73 (2007) | Parasol wing Parasol wing A parasol wing monoplane is an aircraft design in which the wing is not mounted directly to the fuselage, but rather, the fuselage is supported beneath it by a set of struts, called cabane struts... single seat ultralight |
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