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Rogers Sportaire

The Rogers Sportaire is an American homebuilt aircraft that was designed David M. Rogers and produced by Rogers Aircraft of Riverside, California, introduced in 1959. The aircraft was supplied in the form of plans for amateur construction, but plans are no longer available. Only one was built.

Design and development

The aircraft features a cantilever low-wing, a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit under a bubble canopy, fixed tricycle landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.

The aircraft fuselage is made from welded steel tubing, with the span wing made from wood, all covered in doped aircraft fabric. The engine used in the sole example is a Lycoming O-290 powerplant.

The aircraft has an empty weight of and a gross weight of , giving a useful load of . With full fuel of the payload is .

Operational history

By October 2013 only one example had been registered in the United States with the Federal Aviation Administration.

Specifications (Sportaire)

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