GP-4 | |
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GP-4 | |
Role | Experimental Aircraft |
National origin | United States |
Manufacturer | Osprey Aircraft |
Designer | George Pereira |
First flight | 1984 |
Introduction | 1984 |
Status | Plans available (2015) |
The GP-4 is an experimental aircraft designed to fly cross country with two passengers 1,100 mi (1,770 km) at 240 mph (386 km/h).[1] Aircraft Spruce & Specialty Co has the rights to distribute the kits for the aircraft, while the plans are distributed by Osprey Aircraft.[2][3][4][5]
The GP-4 is the fourth aircraft from designer George Pereira, It is a low wing side-by-side retractable gear aircraft of wood construction. It has a single spar stressed to +8 to -6G loading.[2][3][6]
The aircraft's wooden construction is labor-intensive and an estimated 3000–4000 hours are required to construct it.[2][3]
In 1984, the GP-4 won the Grand Champion Custom Built and the Outstanding New Design awards at the Experimental Aircraft Association Airventure airshow in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.[7]
Data from Osprey[8]
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