<!-- This article is a part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft. Please see Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout. --> {{Infobox aircraft | name = Model F-19 Sportsman | logo = | logo_size = | image = Image:TaylorcraftF-19C-GGWQ02.jpg | alt = | caption = F-19 Sportsman on skis | long_caption = | other_names = | aircraft_type = Two-seat cabin monoplane | aim = | outcome = | related = | national_origin = United States | manufacturer = Taylorcraft Aviation Corporation | design_group = | designer = | builder = | issuer = | status = | owners = | primary_user = | more_users = | service = | major_applications = | proposals = | prototypes = | number_built = 120 | construction_number = | civil_registration = | military_serial = | radio_code = | requirement = | aircraft_carried = | flights = | total_hours = | total_distance = | construction_date = | introduction = 1973 | retired = | first_flight = 1973 | initiated = | in_service = | last_flight = | expected = | developed_from = | variants = Taylorcraft F-21 | developed_into = | preservation = | fate = | predecessors = | successors = | concluded = }} The '''Taylorcraft Model F-19 Sportsman''' is a two-seat cabin monoplane designed and built by Taylorcraft Aircraft as the first new product of the reformed Taylorcraft Aviation Company. The F-19 fuselage is a fabric-covered 4130 steel tube framework; its wing is fabric-covered with a wooden spar. It has conventional landing gear and a tractor configuration 100&nbsp;hp (75&nbsp;kW) Continental O-200 engine.

==Development== C.G. Taylor and his brother formed the Taylor Brothers Aviation Corporation in 1929, which had produced several thousand light single-engines by the time it went bankrupt in 1946. It emerged in 1947 as Taylorcraft Inc. and produced light airplanes until 1958, when it ceased production. In 1968 a new company, Taylorcraft Aviation Corporation, was formed, primarily to provide support for the thousands of airplanes still in the field. However, in 1973 this company geared up to produce an updated Taylorcraft B, now named the Model F-19 Sportsman. It was similar to the Model B but incorporated more power, which resulted in better performance. Production continued until early 1980, when the company chose to switch to the higher-powered Model F-21.

==Specifications== {{Aircraft specs |ref=''Mondey, p. 235.'' |prime units? = imp |crew=1 pilot |capacity=1 passenger |length m=6.74 |length ft=22 |length in=1.25 |span m=10.97 |span ft=36 |span in=0 |height m=1.98 |height ft=6 |height in=6 |wing area sqm=17.07 |wing area sqft=183.71 |aspect ratio=7.05 |empty weight kg=408 |empty weight lb=900 |gross weight kg=680 |gross weight lb=1500 |eng1 number=1 |eng1 name=Continental O-200 |eng1 kw=75 |eng1 hp=100 |max speed kmh=204 |max speed mph=127 |max speed note=at sea level |cruise speed kmh=185 |cruise speed mph=115 |range km=644 |range miles=400 |ceiling m=5485 |ceiling ft=18000 }}

==References== *{{cite book|last=Mondey|first=David|title=Encyclopedia of The World's Commercial and Private Aircraft|year=1982|publisher=Crescent Books|location=New York City|page=325}}

<!-- ==External links== --> {{Taylorcraft aircraft}}

Category:1970s United States civil utility aircraft F-19 Sportsman Category:Single-engined tractor aircraft Category:Aircraft first flown in 1973 Category:Aircraft with fixed conventional landing gear Category:High-wing aircraft