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Historical Aircraft Corporation

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Historical Aircraft Corporation
Company typePrivately held company
IndustryAerospace
FateOut of business
Headquarters,
ProductsKit aircraft

The Historical Aircraft Corporation was an American aircraft manufacturer based in Nucla, Colorado. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of kit aircraft that were scale replicas of Second World War and vintage aircraft.[1]

Construction techniques used in the company's products included welded 4130 steel fuselage frames covered in either doped aircraft fabric or in a shell of polyurethane foam and fiberglass.[1]

The company is no longer in business.

Aircraft

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Summary of aircraft built by the Historical Aircraft Corporation
Model name First flight Number built Type
Historical P-51 Mustang Replica of the North American P-51 Mustang
Historical F4U Corsair Replica of the Chance-Vought F4U Corsair
Historical P-40C Tomahawk Replica of the Curtiss P-40C Tomahawk
Historical PZL P.11c Replica of the PZL P.11c
Historical Ryan STA 1997 1 Replica of the Ryan STA

References

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  1. ^ a b Purdy, Don: AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition, pages 176-178. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998. ISBN 0-9636409-4-1