Javelin Aircraft

The Javelin Aircraft Company was an American aircraft manufacturer based in Wichita, Kansas. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of homebuilt aircraft in the form of plans for amateur construction.[1][2]

Javelin Aircraft Company
TypePrivately held company
IndustryAerospace
Founded1970s
Defunctafter 1998
FateOut of business
Headquarters
Wichita, Kansas
,
United States
ProductsHomebuilt aircraft plans

The company was noted for its Javelin V6 STOL, which took a standard certified Piper PA-20 Pacer airframe and provided plans to replace the powerplant with a Ford Motor Company V6 engine of 210 to 300 hp (157 to 224 kW) and register the aircraft in the Experimental Amateur-built category.[1]

Projects undertaken in the 1980s included the single-seat T200A, which was a high altitude, long range surveillance and TV signal relay aircraft with a ceiling of 40,000 to 50,000 ft (12,192 to 15,240 m) and the Mullens Phoenix, a development of the Bede BD-2 for a long-distance record attempt. The Phoenix had a wingspan of 63.0 ft (19.20 m) and was powered by a Lycoming O-540 of 210 hp (157 kW).[2]

Aircraft
Summary of aircraft built by Javelin Aircraft Company
Model name First flight Number built Type
Javelin T200A 1980s Surveillance and TV signal relay aircraft
Javelin V6 STOL 1980s At least 25 Automotive engine conversion
Javelin Wichawk 24 May 1971 At least 18 homebuilt biplane
Mullens Phoenix 1981 1 Developed from Bede BD-2 for long-distance record attempt

References
  1. Purdy, Don: AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition, page 182. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998. ISBN 0-9636409-4-1
  2. Aerofiles (n.d.). "J". Retrieved September 30, 2014.
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