Pazmany Aircraft Corporation

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Pazmany Aircraft Corporation
FormerlyL. Pazmany & Associates
Industry Aerospace
Founder Ladislao Pazmany
Headquarters,
United States

The Pazmany Aircraft Corporation is an American aircraft design and manufacturing company. The company provides plans for the PL-2, PL-4 and PL-9 for the homebuilder market. [1]

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History

The company was founded as L. Pazmany & Associates at San Diego, California to produce the PL-1 single-seat light aircraft designed by Ladislao Pazmany. [2] The PL-1 was followed by the two-seat PL-2. The PL-4 is a single-seat trainer. The latest aircraft is Pazmany PL-9 Stork a high-wing two-seat monoplane for the home builder market, it is a 3/4 scale homebuilders version of the Second World War Fiesler Storch.

Aircraft

Model nameFirst flightNumber builtType
Pazmany PL-1 1962Single engine monoplane trainer
Pazmany PL-2 1969[ citation needed ]Single engine monoplane trainer
Pazmany PL-4 197250+Single engine monoplane homebuilt
Pazmany PL-9 Stork Single engine monoplane homebuilt

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References

Notes

  1. "Pazmany Aircraft Corporation". Pazmany Aircraft Corporation. Retrieved 2020-04-05.
  2. Orbis 1985, p. 2694

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