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The Grega GN-1 Aircamper was a light aircraft developed in the United States in the early 1960s,[2] 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.[3] Two wings were designed, one based on the Cub wing, and another as a modernised version of the Pietenpol wing.

GN-1 Aircamper
Role	Sports plane Type of aircraft
National origin	United States
Manufacturer	Homebuilt
Designer	John W. Grega, Elmer Niebecker [1]
First flight	1963

Specifications (GN-1)

Data from Air Trails

General characteristics

• Crew: One pilot
• Capacity: 1 passenger
• Length: 18 ft 4 in (5.59 m)
• Wingspan: 29 ft 0 in (8.84 m)
• Height: 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
• Gross weight: 1,129 lb (512 kg)
• Powerplant: 1 × Continental A65-8 , 65 hp (49 kW)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 95 mph (153 km/h, 83 kn)
• Range: 400 mi (640 km, 350 nmi)
• Rate of climb: 600 ft/min (3.0 m/s)

See also

Related development

• Pietenpol Air Camper

References

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• Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. p. 432.
• Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1977-78. London: Jane's Yearbooks. p. 541.

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