F22 | |
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A UK-registered F22A in 2019 | |
Role | Light utility aircraft |
National origin | USA |
Manufacturer | Taylorcraft |
First flight | August 1, 1988 [1] |
Introduction | 1989 [2] |
Number built | 17 [1] |
Developed from | Taylorcraft F-21 [1] [3] |
The Taylorcraft F22 is a two-seat American light aircraft produced in small numbers by Taylorcraft in the late 1980s and early 1990s. [1] [3] It is a further development of the Taylorcraft F-19 via the F-21 design. [1] [3] Manufacturing and marketing of the F22 was halted by the financial difficulties of Taylorcraft, [1] [3] although plans to restart production existed in 2007. [1]
The F22 is a high-wing, strut-braced monoplane of conventional design. [1] [4] Two of the four variants produced had fixed, tailwheel undercarriage, but the F22A and F22C had fixed, tricycle undercarriage instead. [1] [3] The pilot and a single passenger sit side-by-side in an enclosed cabin. [1] Power is supplied by a piston engine mounted tractor-fashion in the nose, driving a propeller. [1] The airframe is of welded steel tube, covered in fabric. [5]
The prototype, registered N180GT, [1] [3] first flew on August 1, 1989, [1] and production started at Taylorcraft's Lock Haven factory by the end of the year. [2] In 1992, after only 17 F22s were built, Taylorcraft was bankrupt and ceased business. [1]
Data from Jackson 2007, p.906
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