Incomplete Listing of Aircraft projects, prototypes and modifications which were designed In Australia
This page covers a range of
"odds & ends":
- Design projects which were never built
- Prototypes that were built and never flew
- Aircraft which were modified in Australia
Basically anything which doesn't fit onto my other 3 pages of aircraft designed in Australia...
Pellarini PL-13 Air
Jeep
Luigi Pellarini was a prolific designer of utilitarian aircraft who
emigrated from Italy to Australia. He worked on many aircraft designs,
some of which remained as drawings, became one-off prototypes or saw
limited or mass production.
The Air Jeep was one of his designs which remained a one-off prototype,
which never made it into the air. The incomplete airframe is on display
in Toowoomba, at the Museum of Aviation. To quote the notes from the
display:
"AIRJEEP PROTOTYPE
Designed in Australia in
the late fifties by Luigi Pellerini.
A sesqui-plane design for
use by the military, there was little
interest however and the project did not go any further. The Transavia
Airtruk did evolve from this design and was a successful agricultural
aircraft."
The design appears to be
a canard sesqui-plane pusher with split V-tail!
It may be disputed that the PL.12 Airtruk evolved from this design,
since the PL.12 is more closely related to the PL.11 Airtruck. But no
doubt the Air Jeep is a close cousin of the Airtruk.
In its early stages of its development, the GAF Nomad was referred to as Project N. It began as a single-engined utility and agricultural aircraft. This 3-view sketch shows the original single-engined configuration.