The items below are a few aircraft currently on display in the Florida Air Museum with many more to see!
Woody Pusher
The Aerosport Woody Pusher is a two-seat, single-engine airplane designed like the Curtis-Wright Junior. It is a kit-built aircraft that features a wooden airframe and fabric covering, giving it a classic vintage appearance. The Woody Pusher is powered by a four-cylinder Continental A75 air-cooled motor with a cruising speed of 76 miles per hour. The aircraft has a wingspan of 29 feet and a length of 20 feet, and it can be assembled by a skilled builder in approximately 500 hours. The Woody Pusher is popular among recreational pilots who enjoy flying classic-style aircraft.
1926 Ford Flivver
The Ford Flivver, also known as the Ford 5-AT, was a small aircraft produced by the Ford Motor Company in the 1920s. It was designed as an affordable personal aircraft that could be purchased by the average person and operated from a backyard airstrip. The Flivver had a compact, open cockpit that seated two people and was powered by a 40-horsepower engine. It had a top speed of 85 miles per hour and a range of around 250 miles. Although the Flivver was a promising concept, it never achieved commercial success and only a few prototypes were ever built.
1929 Pietenpol Air Camper
The Pietenpol Air Camper is a lightweight, two-seater, single-engine aircraft designed and built by Bernard H. Pietenpol in the 1920s. The plane is constructed from wood and fabric, with a simple and rugged design that emphasizes ease of construction, low cost, and fun flying. The Pietenpol Air Camper typically features an open cockpit, tandem seating, and a high-wing configuration with a fixed tailwheel landing gear. It has a cruising speed of around 65 mph and a range of approximately 250 miles. The Pietenpol Air Camper has become a popular choice for homebuilt aircraft enthusiasts due to its simple design, affordability, and enjoyable flying characteristics.
Lovings Love
The “Loving Gull-Wing,” was a homebuilt aircraft designed and built by Neil Loving in the 1960s. The Loving Gull-Wing had a unique gull-wing design with two sets of wings, an upper and a lower set, which formed a distinctive V-shape. It was a single-seat aircraft with a metal frame and fabric-covered wings. The aircraft was powered by a Continental C-85 engine and had a top speed of around 140 mph.
The Loving Gull-Wing was one of the most distinctive and recognizable homebuilt aircraft of its time, and it won several awards at various airshows and fly-ins. While Loving built several versions of the Gull-Wing, only a few are believed to have survived today.
Wittman TailWind
The Tailwind is a single-engine, two-seater airplane designed and built by Steve Whitman in the early 1950s. Whitman, a well-known aircraft designer and builder, based the design of the Tailwind on his previous successful aircraft, the Chief Oshkosh. The Tailwind features a low-wing design and a small, lightweight body, which contributes to its excellent handling and maneuverability. The aircraft was originally designed as a homebuilt kit, and its construction is relatively simple, making it accessible to amateur builders. The Tailwind has become a popular aircraft among aviation enthusiasts and vintage aircraft collectors, with many pilots praising its speed, stability, and ease of handling.