{{Short description|Canadian ultralight aircraft}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}} {{Use Canadian English|date=May 2022}} <!-- This article is a part of [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft]]. Please see [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft/page content]] for recommended layout. --> {{Infobox aircraft | name = Celebrity | logo = | logo_size = | image = FISHER CELEBRITY C-GDDQ.JPG | alt = | caption = | long_caption = | other_names = | aircraft_type = [[Kit aircraft]] | aim = | outcome = | related = | national_origin = Canada | manufacturer = [[Fisher Flying Products]] | design_group = | designer = | builder = | issuer = | status = | owners = | primary_user = | more_users = | service = | major_applications = | proposals = | prototypes = | number_built = 55 (2011)<ref name="KitplanesDec2011" /> | construction_number = | civil_registration = | military_serial = | radio_code = | requirement = | aircraft_carried = | flights = | total_hours = | total_distance = | construction_date = | introduction = 1989 | retired = | first_flight = 1989 | initiated = | in_service = | last_flight = | expected = | developed_from = | variants = | developed_into = | preservation = | fate = | predecessors = | successors = | concluded = }} The '''Fisher Celebrity''' is a Canadian two-seat, [[conventional landing gear]], single engined, [[biplane]] [[kit aircraft]] designed for construction by amateur builders. Fisher Flying Products was originally based in [[Edgeley, North Dakota]], United States but the company is now located in [[Dorchester, Ontario]], Canada.<ref name="KitplanesDec2011">Vandermeullen, Richard: ''2011 Kit Aircraft Buyer's Guide'', Kitplanes, Volume 28, Number 12, December 2011, page 53. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851</ref><ref name="Aerocrafter">Purdy, Don: ''AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook'', page 159. BAI Communications. {{ISBN|0-9636409-4-1}}</ref><ref name="KitplanesDec1998">Kitplanes Staff: ''1999 Kit Aircraft Directory'', Kitplanes, Volume 15, Number 12, December 1998, page 49. Primedia Publications. IPM 0462012</ref><ref name="FisherCelebrity">{{cite web|url = http://fisherflying.com/celebrity/|accessdate = 2016-11-29|title = Celebrity|last = Fisher Flying Products|authorlink = |date = n.d.|archive-date = 30 November 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161130045335/http://fisherflying.com/celebrity/|url-status = dead}}</ref><ref name="KitplanesDec2004">Downey, Julia: ''Kit Aircraft Directory 2005'', Kitplanes, Volume 21, Number 12, December 2004, page 59. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851</ref><ref name="WDLA11">Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12'', page 102. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X</ref><ref name="WDLA15">Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: ''World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16'', page 107. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. {{ISSN|1368-485X}}</ref>
==Development== The Celebrity was designed by Fisher Aircraft in the United States in 1989 and was intended to comply with the US ''[[Homebuilt aircraft|Experimental - Amateur-built]]'' category, although it qualifies as an ultralight aircraft in some countries, such as Canada. It also qualifies as a US Experimental [[Light Sport Aircraft]]. The Celebrity's standard empty weight is {{convert|600|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} when equipped with a four-stroke {{convert|100|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} [[Continental O-200]] engine and it has a gross weight of {{convert|1230|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}.<ref name="Aerocrafter"/><ref name="FisherCelebrity"/>
The construction of the Celebrity is of wood, with the wings, tail and fuselage covered with doped [[aircraft fabric]]. An alternate welded [[4130 steel]] [[fuselage]] was previously available, but is no longer offered by the manufacturer. The aircraft features [[interplane strut]]s and inverted "V" [[cabane strut]]s. Like most biplanes, the Celebrity has no flaps. The Celebrity's main landing gear is [[bungee cord|bungee]] suspended. Cockpit access is via the lower wing. The company claims an amateur builder would need 600 hours to build the Celebrity.<ref name="Aerocrafter"/><ref name="FisherCelebrity"/><ref name="WDLA11"/><ref name="WDLA15"/>
Specified engines for the Celebrity include the {{convert|65|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} [[Continental O-170|Continental A-65]], {{convert|85|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} [[Continental C-85]], the {{convert|100|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} [[Continental O-200]] and the {{convert|115|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} [[Lycoming O-235]].<ref name="Aerocrafter"/><ref name="FisherCelebrity"/><ref name="KitplanesDec2004"/>
By late 2011 more than 55 Celebrities were flying.<ref name="KitplanesDec2011"/>
In reviewing the Celebrity, John W. Conrad wrote in the July 1992 issue of Sport Pilot Hot Kits and Homebuilts Magazine:
{{cquote|Control, harmony, and mix are just right. Rudder, aileron, and elevator match perfectly, and blend into a very natural control feel. The Celebrity has a lot going for it. It is a very easy airplane to fly, yet it is a real biplane in every sense of the word.<ref name="FisherCelebrity"/> }} <!-- ==Operational history== -->
==Specifications (Celebrity) == [[File:Shirey David A Fisher Celebrity (N812TD).jpg|305px|thumb|Fisher Celebrity powered by a [[radial engine]]]] {{Aircraft specs |prime units? = imp |ref=Company website, AeroCrafter & Kitplanes<ref name="Aerocrafter"/><ref name="KitplanesDec1998"/><ref name="FisherCelebrity"/><ref name="KitplanesDec2004"/> |crew=one |capacity=one passenger and 630 lb (285 kg) useful load |length ft= 17 |length in= 6 |length m=5.33 |span ft=22 |span in=0 |span m=6.71 |height ft=6 |height in=0 |height m=1.83 |wing area sqft= 176 |wing area sqm= 16.37 |empty weight lb= 600 |empty weight kg= 272 |max takeoff weight lb= 1230 |max takeoff weight kg= 557 |eng1 name=[[Continental O-200]] |eng1 type=Four cylinder, four-stroke piston aircraft engine |eng1 number=1 |eng1 hp= 100 |eng1 kw=75 |max speed mph= 95 |max speed kmh=154 |cruise speed mph= 85 |cruise speed kmh=138 |stall speed mph= 40 |stall speed kmh= 65 |never exceed speed mph= 120 |never exceed speed kmh= 194 |climb rate ftmin= 800 |climb rate ms= 4.1 |wing loading lb/sqft=7.0 |wing loading kg/m2=34.03 |power/mass=12.3 lb/hp (0.135 kW/kg) }} ==See also== {{aircontent |see also= |related= |similar aircraft= *[[Fisher FP-404]] *[[Fisher Classic]] *[[Murphy Renegade]] *[[Sorrell Hiperlight]] *[[Stolp Starduster Too]] |lists= }}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{commons category|Fisher Celebrity}} *[https://ckd.aero/fisher-celebrity/ Official website]
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