Grega Aircamper

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

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.

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) each

Performance

• Maximum speed: 95 mph (153 km/h)
• Range: 400 miles (640 km)
• Rate of climb: 600 ft/min (3.0 m/s)

See also

Related development

• Pietenpol Air Camper

References

1. Air Trails: 78. Summer 1971. Missing or empty |title= (help)
2. Air Trails: 76. Winter 1971. Missing or empty |title= (help)
3. Bill Gunston. World encyclopaedia of aircraft manufacturers: from the pioneers to the present day. p. 238.

• 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.