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    Starting from Scratch

    Oct 18, 2019 2 minutes

    The Osprey GP 4 is a scratch-built aircraft, the fourth aircraft from designer George Pereira, It is a low wing side-by-side retractable gear aircraft of wood construction. It has a single spar stressed to +8 to -6g loading. The aircraft’s wooden construction is labour-intensive.

    I purchased the plans and in December 2005 started the project by making the working bench. This was 24 feet long and

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