Wittman Tailwind

    (High Wing - Steel Tube, Wood, Fabric)


    Kit/Plans:
    Aircraft Spruce & Specialty Co.
    PO Box 424
    Fullerton, CA 92632
    Tel: 800-824-1930
    Ask for Guy Frenya, Kathy, Dennis, or Jerry Aguilar.

    Tailwind Metal Wing
    :
    Plans from--
    Callbie Wood
    RR1, Box 330
    Wilson, N.C. 22896-8109
    Tel: Home 919-243-6708, Work 919-237-0208.

    Composite parts for the Tailwind:

    Carbon Fiber Composites
    Brian Alley
    101 Caroline Circle
    Hurricane, WV 25526
    304-562-6800

    n320wt@yahoo.com

    www.carbonfibercomposites.net


    Newsletter:

    Jerry Hey
    J-Wind Designs
    3790 S 600 W
    Albion IN 46701
    260-799-4352

    http://www.j-winddesigns.com/

    j-winddesigns@thegrid.net

    Wittman Tailwind Specifications

    Construction: Wood, Tube, Fabric

    Maximum M.P.H.: 185

    Power: 85 thru 140 HP

    Cruise M.P.H: 150

    Span: 22’6"

    Climb F.P.M.: 900

    Length: 19’3"

    Stall M.P.H.: 55

    Height: 6’

    Take Off Ft: 800

    Wing Area: 90 sq ft

    Range: 600

    Wing Loading: 14.4 lbs. per sq ft

    Measure System: FT

    Seats: 2

    Hardware Standard: U.S.

    Gross Weight: 1,300 lbs

    Info Pack: $1.00

    Empty Weight: 700-750 lbs

    Plans Price: $180.00

    Fuel Capacity: 25 U.S. gallons

    Materials Kit: Not Available

    Baggage Weight: 60 lbs

    Ceiling: 16,000

     

    Landing Ft. 700

    Articles in EAA and related publications:

    Year

    Month

    Page

    Magazine

    Article

    2009

    04

    36

    Sport Aviation

    The Wittman W-10 Tailwind: One Fast Homebuilt! By Sparky Barnes Sargent 7 pg w/performance numbers

    2007

    11

    89

    Sport Aviation

    Achieving the Impossible: Tireless effort makes dream come true by Dana Heimos, Jim Rust Aircraft 4 pg

    2003

    05

    18

    Sport Aviation

    Tailwind Group to Celebrate Aircraft’s 50th Anniversary at EAA AirVenture (1/3 pg)

    2002

    04

    35

    Experimenter

    Safety Programs: Update from Headquarters (3 ½ pgs)

    2000

    11

    84

    Sport Aviation

    Tailwind #522, a W-8, Wm Lobet, Nimes, France, photo & caption

    96

    02

    07

    Sport Aviation

    NTSB Releases Findings on Wittman Accident

    95

    06

     

    Sport Aviation

    HOTLINE-Steve Wittman accident

    94

    06

    58

    Sport Aviation

    Wittman W10 ac performance report

    94

    02

    99

    Sport Aviation

    Batchelder Tailwind built in 2.5 years

    94

    01

    101

    Sport Aviation

    Alkire Tailwind w/0235, 150mph

    93

    10

    111

    Sport Aviation

    See Tailwind restoration

    93

    09

    C16

    Sport Aviation

    McKenna w/0-235

    93

    06

    31

    Sport Aviation

    McKenna 115hp TW

    93

    03

    12

    Sport Aviation

    Newsletter available

    93

    01

    05

    Sport Aviation

    STOL Buttercup mod

    92

    10

    11

    Sport Aviation

    Buttercup being rebuilt w/new wing tips

    92

    02

    34

    Sport Aviation

    Thiessen & Clemont W-10's

    91

    12

    06

    Sport Aviation

    Flying Characteristics letter re: Wood ac

    91

    09

    33

    Sport Aviation

    Wood Taperwing Tailwind

    91

    07

    95

    Sport Aviation

    Robbins Tailwind photo only

    91

    06

    28

    Sport Aviation

    Don Wood's Taperwing Tailwind - photo & short note

    90

    12

    94

    Sport Aviation

    Liberti Tailwind with 0235C1 photo only

    90

    06

    61

    Sport Aviation

    Powell '56 Tailwind - w/C85 w8 n24kp - 2pgs

    89

    06

    36

    Sport Aviation

    Harwood C-90 Tailwind - Built in 1959

    88

    01

    61

    Sport Aviation

    Prototype Tailwind Being Restored

    87

    05

    47

    Sport Aviation

    Werhan 0-300 Tailwind - 4 Years After w10,7"larger,slightly larger Htail.

    86

    04

    89

    Sport Aviation

    Massey 0-200 Tailwind photo only

    86

    01

    9

    Sport Aviation

    INAV to Market Parts

    85

    09

    55

    Sport Aviation

    [Picture only] - What our members are building.

    84

    03

    46

    Sport Aviation

    Werhan 0-300 powered Tailwind

    82

    10

    15,25

    Sport Aviation

    Steve Bornstein's Olds-powered Tailwind [Picture only]

    82

    10

    25

    Sport Aviation

    Thiessen reserved Grand Champ

    80

    07

    46

    Sport Aviation

    Big X Restored

    80

    03

    36

    Sport Aviation

    Owen Tailwind - [Picture Only]

    79

    06

    52

    Sport Aviation

    Tailwind with Lyc. 0-235 & Prop Extension [Picture only]

    78

    04

    06

    Sport Aviation

    Wittman Forced Landing in Olds-powered Tailwind [accident note only]

    78

    02

    47

    Sport Aviation

    Wittman's Olds-powered Tailwind

    77

    06

    18

    Sport Aviation

    Graham Tailwind [Picture only]

    77

    02

    28

    Sport Aviation

    Saab Analyzes Tailwind Eaupear letter

    73

    04

    26

    Sport Aviation

    Tuts' Tailwind w8 - 1 color pix & 6 b&w

    70

    02

    05

    Sport Aviation

    Varnell's Tailwind b&w pictures-w8, 1 page

    69

    12

    30

    Sport Aviation

    Tailwind Seminar Steve on CG, etc

    69

    05

    10

    Sport Aviation

    Ruehring Tailwind photo only

    69

    01

    20

    Sport Aviation

    Report on Jerry Varnell's "Tailwind"

    68

    08

    38

    Sport Aviation

    There I was...Minding my Own Business constr.photos

    67

    12

    38

    Sport Aviation

    Stevenson "Windstreak" (all metal version of the Tailwind)

    67

    10

    04

    Sport Aviation

    Tollefsrud "Tailwind" w-8, 2+pages 4b&w photos

    67

    07

    29

    Sport Aviation

    On the Wings of Mercury x-c in Tailwind

    67

    02

    47

    Sport Aviation

    Occhipinti Tailwind has Retractable Landing Gear

    67

    01

    29

    Sport Aviation

    Attention Aircraft Owners & Builders

    66

    09

    30

    Sport Aviation

    "Tailwind" + Tailwind Could Do It-has 2pgs-4 b&w pictures

    66

    09

    45

    Sport Aviation

    Hinge Alignment - Back Cover Photo Bud Harwood's Tailwind

    66

    04

    19

    Sport Aviation

    Tileston's Tiger Teaser 3 pages, -7 b&w pictures-full span flaperons W-8

    65

    02

    19

    Sport Aviation

    Landing Gear Material (Steel Wittman-Type)

    65

    01

    28

    Sport Aviation

    The "Big X" in Texas

    64

    11

    16

    Sport Aviation

    Tailwind Wing Fitting Tool

    64

    05

    35

    Sport Aviation

    Education through Error - Position of Inspection Hole Opening on Wing

    64

    04

    39

    Sport Aviation

    Trailing Edge Material Manufacture

    63

    11

    37

    Sport Aviation

    A Bountiful Measure of Pleasure Copies in Library above line

    63

    07

    11

    Sport Aviation

    The "T-Bird" Tailwinds

    62

    12

    34

    Sport Aviation

    Eyeball Engineer on the Tailwind Gear - How to Line it Up

    62

    06

    32

    Sport Aviation

    Gear Jack Pad

    62

    01

    6

    Sport Aviation

    A Recipe for Wood-Root Receptacles, for a Tight Fit

    61

    11

    18

    Sport Aviation

    Clean Can Be Mean - Flight Techniques

    61

    05

    21

    Sport Aviation

    Out of the Cellar...And Into the Skies

    61

    01

    31

    Sport Aviation

    Gene Slades' "Southern Star"

    60

    02

    12

    Sport Aviation

    Landing Gear Fairings for the Tailwind

    59

    06

    5

    Sport Aviation

    Tailwind for Two

    59

    04

    10

    Sport Aviation

    Applying Plywood Wing Skin

    59

    02

    30

    Sport Aviation

    Lane Tailwind - C90

    58

    11

    4

    Sport Aviation

    Steve Wittman's New Tailwind

    56

    10

    3

    Sport Aviation

    Flight-Measured Aerodynamics of Tailwind

    56

    03

    6

    Sport Aviation

    Tailwind with 125 hp

    55

    12

    11

    Sport Aviation

    A Flight in the Tailwind

    55

    08

    10

    Sport Aviation

    Wittman W-8 (Line Drawing)

    55

    05

    9

    Sport Aviation

    Inside Look at Tailwind

    55

    03

    2

    Sport Aviation

    Wittman's Latest Project - Flying Carpet

    54

    02

    1

    Sport Aviation

    Tailwind First Homebuilt Certified to Carry Non-Revenue Passengers

    53

    08

    05

    Sport Aviation

    Preview of Flying Carpet (Tailwind) Steve Bornstein, 475 East North Broadway, Columbus, Ohio 43214

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