Woody Pusher | |
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Role | Homebuilt aircraft |
Manufacturer | Aerosport |
Designer | Harris Woods |
Unit cost | approximately $1500 to build in 1971 [1] |
The Aerosport Woody Pusher is a two-seat parasol wing monoplane designed for home building by Harris Woods, [2] based closely on the Curtiss Junior. First marketed in the 1960s, at least 27 were flying by 1980.
One on display at the Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum, Denver, Colorado, with a 75-hp Continental engine (No. N393EA). Another, N100FQ, is displayed at the Florida Air Museum, Lakeland, Florida. [3]
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Performance
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