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Paul Poberezny Aircraft and Projects
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Wikipedia mentions: Pober Sport Ace, Little Audrie and Acro Sport.
The Pober Sport Ace was developed from the Corben Baby Ace, single-seater, parasol monoplane, etc.
Both Corben and Poberzeny also developed 2-seater variants of the Ace.
Starting in 1973, Poberezny developed the Pober Pixie which was also a parasol and looked like a cross between a Corben Baby Ace and a Leslie Long Parasol.
Paul Poberezny also designed a series of biplanes based on the (1930s vintage) Gere Sport. The EAA Biplane (P-1) was a single-seater, designed by a team of engineers led by Paul. An updated version was called the EAA AcromSport Biplane, soon followed by the EAA Acro Sport 2 biplane. All were capable of mild aerobatics.
In 1953, Paul rebuilt an old (Ben Howard) midget racer into "Little Audrie" with Luscombe wings.
All of Paul Poberezny's airplane used a mixture of construction methods: steel tube fuselages surrounded by wooden formers covered with fabric. Wings usually had wooden spars and ribs covered with fabric.
Most used near-stock Continental or Lycoming, flat-four aircraft engines ranging in horsepower from 40 to 180 horsepower.
Visit the EAA Museum (Oshkosh, Wisconsin) to see most of Paul's prototypes.
The Pober Sport Ace was developed from the Corben Baby Ace, single-seater, parasol monoplane, etc.
Both Corben and Poberzeny also developed 2-seater variants of the Ace.
Starting in 1973, Poberezny developed the Pober Pixie which was also a parasol and looked like a cross between a Corben Baby Ace and a Leslie Long Parasol.
Paul Poberezny also designed a series of biplanes based on the (1930s vintage) Gere Sport. The EAA Biplane (P-1) was a single-seater, designed by a team of engineers led by Paul. An updated version was called the EAA AcromSport Biplane, soon followed by the EAA Acro Sport 2 biplane. All were capable of mild aerobatics.
In 1953, Paul rebuilt an old (Ben Howard) midget racer into "Little Audrie" with Luscombe wings.
All of Paul Poberezny's airplane used a mixture of construction methods: steel tube fuselages surrounded by wooden formers covered with fabric. Wings usually had wooden spars and ribs covered with fabric.
Most used near-stock Continental or Lycoming, flat-four aircraft engines ranging in horsepower from 40 to 180 horsepower.
Visit the EAA Museum (Oshkosh, Wisconsin) to see most of Paul's prototypes.
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Most of what I know about Paul Poberezny's projects, I have learned from reading "Sport Aviation" magazine and visiting the EAA Museum in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The EAA website includes links to their museum and brief descriptions of Paul's planes that are on display at the EAA Museum.
hesham said:
The cool thing about the homebuilding world is specialty projects are the norm...For example: Mike Patey's tubroprop Lancair Legacy, Wasabi Air Racing's TWERP, RDD's LX7, the radial RV, Sonex has a ton, and so on. Love it.
There is an incredible variety in the E-AB world all thanks to Paul Poberezny starting EAA! We lost a good man when he died.
Thanks for it all Paul.
Tailwinds & Blue Skies.
