Grega Aircamper

{{Infobox aircraft | name = GN-1 Aircamper | logo = | logo_size = | image = 19-3566 Grega GN-1 Aircamper (9252313821).jpg | alt = | caption = | long_caption = | other_names = | aircraft_type = Sports plane | aim = | outcome = | related = | national_origin = United States | manufacturer = Homebuilt | design_group = | designer = John W. Grega, Elmer Niebecker <ref>{{cite journal|journal=Air Trails|date=Summer 1971|page=78}}</ref> | builder = | issuer = | status = | owners = | primary_user = | more_users = | service = | major_applications = | proposals = | prototypes = | number_built = | construction_number = | civil_registration = | military_serial = | radio_code = | requirement = | aircraft_carried = | flights = | total_hours = | total_distance = | construction_date = | introduction = | retired = | first_flight = 1963 | initiated = | in_service = | last_flight = | expected = | developed_from = | variants = | developed_into = | preservation = | fate = | predecessors = | successors = | concluded = }} The '''Grega GN-1 Aircamper''' was a light aircraft developed in the United States in the early 1960s,<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Air Trails|date=Winter 1971|page=76}}</ref> originally as a personal project of its designer, but later marketed in plans form for homebuilding. John W. Grega initially set out to create a modernised version of the Pietenpol Air Camper using structural components from a Piper Cub but incorporating them into a new fuselage design based on the Pietenpol original.<ref>{{cite book|title=World encyclopaedia of aircraft manufacturers: from the pioneers to the present day|author=Bill Gunston|page=238}}</ref> Two wings were designed, one based on the Cub wing, and another as a modernised version of the Pietenpol wing.

==Specifications (GN-1) == {{Aircraft specs |ref=Air Trails |prime units? = imp |crew=One pilot |capacity=1 passenger |length m=5.59 |length ft=18 |length in=4 |span m=8.84 |span ft=29 |span in=0 |height m=1.93 |height ft=6 |height in=4 |gross weight kg=512 |gross weight lb=1,129 |eng1 number=1 |eng1 name=Continental A65-8 |eng1 kw=49 |eng1 hp=65 |max speed kmh=153 |max speed mph=95 |range km=640 |range miles=400 |climb rate ms=3.0 |climb rate ftmin=600 }}

==See also==

{{aircontent  |see also= |related= *Pietenpol Air Camper |similar aircraft= |lists= }}

==References== {{Commons category|Grega Aircamper}} {{Reflist}} * {{cite book |last= Taylor |first= Michael J. H. |title=Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation |year=1989 |publisher=Studio Editions |location=London |pages=432 }} * {{cite book |title=Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1977-78 |publisher=Jane's Yearbooks |location=London |pages=541 }}

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