Carlson Skycycle

Carlson Skycycle
Role Homebuilt aircraft
National origin United States
Manufacturer Carlson Aircraft
Designer A. Hanford Eckman and Ernst W. Carlson
Introduction 1995
Status Out of production
Number built 1
Developed from Piper PA-8 Skycycle

The Carlson Skycycle is an American, single-seat, low-wing, single-engine, homebuilt aircraft that was originally designed by A. Hanford Eckman in 1945 and re-designed as a replica by Ernst W. Carlson and produced by Carlson Aircraft of East Palestine, Ohio in kit form. The prototype was completed in 1995.[1][2][3][4][5]

The Carlson Skycycle is a full-size replica of the Piper PA-8 Skycycle and the prototype was donated to the Piper Aviation Museum[1] when no orders for the aircraft kit were forthcoming.

  1. ^ a b Purdy, Don: AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, pp. 162-164. BAI Communications. ISBN 0-9636409-4-1
  2. ^ Downey, Julia: 1999 Kit Aircraft Directory, Kitplanes, Volume 15, Number 12, December 1998, p. 42. Primedia Publications. ISSN 0891-1851
  3. ^ Downey, Julia: 2001 Kit Aircraft Directory, Kitplanes, Volume 17, Number 12, December 2000, p. 39. Kitplanes Acquisition Company. ISSN 0891-1851
  4. ^ Downey, Julia: 2002 Kit Aircraft Directory, Kitplanes, Volume 18, Number 12, December 2001, p. 30. Kitplanes Acquisition Company. ISSN 0891-1851
  5. ^ Federal Aviation Administration (January 2011). "Make / Model Inquiry Results". Retrieved 18 January 2011.