The Druine D.5 Turbi was a light aircraft designed in France in the 1950s for home building. It was a low-wing cantilever monoplane with fixed tailskid undercarriage. The pilot and a single passenger sat in tandem, open cockpits. Essentially a scaled-up version of the Druine Turbulent design, the Turbi shared that aircraft's wooden construction. Again, like its predecessor, it was intended to be able to be powered by a variety of air-cooled engines.
5-500: The aircraft was marketed as plans and as a kit by Falconar Avia of Edmonton , Alberta, Canada. Plans are now supplied by Manna Aviation of Australia. The Turbi is built using all-wood construction. The wing uses a two-spar design. It uses slotted ailerons. Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1961–62, Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1958-59 General characteristics Performance Falconar Avia Falconar Avia
10-636: The Fauvel AV.36 glider, or long out of production and added their own designs to the line. The company provided plans and kits for all their designs, as well as parts and modification kits for other aircraft, including the Ercoupe . In 1963 Falconar partnered with designer Marcel Jurca to produce the Jurca Gnatsum . By 1967, Falconar recommended a large number of changes to the design, which resulted in Jurca leaving
15-561: The company was dissolved following legal disputes and was reestablished in its current form as Falconar Avia Inc. in 1995. Falconar died on 9 September 2018. The company operations were wound up on 30 June 2019 and the design rights sold. Phil Hale of Manna Aviation bought the rights to the F-series aircraft, plus the Minihawk, 2/3 Mustang and the S14 Miranda. Leon McAtee of Excogitare LLC bought
20-566: The project. The modified aircraft was developed as the Falconar SAL Mustang , first flown in 1971 after significant cost overruns. Falconar Aircraft Ltd was sold to George F. Chivers and other investors and operated as Sturgeon Air Ltd with Falconar as an employee until 1973. In 1985 Falconar established a new Falconar Aviation Ltd. with the assets of A & B Sales and the rights to many Jurca plans. Falconar also carried on operations as president of Hirth engines during this time. In 1994
25-452: Was a Canadian aircraft manufacturer based in Edmonton, Alberta . The company specialized in the design and manufacture of kits and plans for amateur construction . Founded in the 1960s by aeronautical engineer Chris Falconar, the company created a new aircraft fabric covering process called Hipec . The company also acquired a large list of aircraft designs that were either orphaned, like
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