Pereira GP3 Osprey 2 - Pima ASM, Tucson, AZ
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Pereira GP3 Osprey 2 s/n 105A r/n N17EH
Waymark Code: WMDZNG
Location: Arizona, United States
Date Posted: 03/14/2012
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The Osprey GP3 Osprey 2, also known as the Pereira GP3 Osprey 2 after its designer, is an amphibious sport aircraft designed for homebuilding. Plans have been sold since the mid 1970's. George Pereira designed the Osprey 2 to address the two most frequent criticisms of his Osprey I aircraft: its lack of a passenger seat and its inability to operate from dry land. An exercise that began as a series of modifications to the original design in January 1972 eventually turned into a complete redesign of the aircraft, with the resulting Osprey 2 flying in April 1973.
Like the original Osprey, the Osprey 2 is a mid-wing cantilever monoplane with a flying boat hull and a single engine mounted pusher-fashion in a nacelle mounted above the fuselage on struts. A passenger seat is provided side-by-side with the pilot and the cabin is fully enclosed. Retractable tricycle undercarriage is provided for land operations, the main units of which fold into the undersides of the wings. Construction throughout is of wood and skinned in plywood. Some of the hull contours are formed with polyurethane foam covered in fiberglass. The aircraft is designed so that it may be constructed by amateur builders with restricted space available – Pereira's prototype was built in a workspace 16ft×26ft/4.8m×7.9m and took 1,300 hours to complete. To simplify construction, no molds are required, and even the canopy is formed by a simple bend in an acrylic sheet without any compound curves.
Osprey markets the aircraft as sets of plans rather than kits, and had sold over 1,000 copies by 1985. These remain currently available.
Source: Wikipedia
Type of Aircraft: (make/model): Pereira GP3 Osprey 2
Tail Number: (S/N): s/n 105A r/n N17EH
Construction:: original aircraft
Location (park, airport, museum, etc.): Located in hangar 1S at Pima Air & Space Museum, Tucson, AZ
inside / outside: inside
Other Information::
Pima Air & Space Museum
6000 E Valencia Rd
Tucson, Arizona 85756
Phone 520-574-0462
Open 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Daily
Last admittance at 4:00 PM
$15.50-Adults
$12.50-Pima Co Residents
$12.75-Seniors
$ 9.00-Children
FREE---Children 6 & under
$ 7.00-AMARG
$13.50-Group Rate
Access restrictions:
None
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Visit Instructions:
Photo of aircraft (required - will be interesting to see if the aircraft is ever repainted or progress if being restored)
Photo of serial number (required unless there is not one or it is a replica)
Photo(s) of any artwork on the aircraft (optional but interesting)
Tell why you are visiting this waymark along with any other interesting facts or personal experiences about the aircraft not already mentioned.