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Manufacturer
  
Gregor Aircraft

Designer
  
Michael Gregor

The Gregor GR-1, also called the GR-1 Continental and the GR-1 Sportplane was a biplane with a tail-wheel undercarriage developed by Michael Gregor

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Development

The Gregor GR-1 was intended to be a light, low cost, training aircraft for depression-era customers. Gregor was based at Hangar B at Roosevelt Field in New York. The aircraft was a conventional geared biplane with two open cockpits in tandem with oversize interplane struts.

Variants

Gregor GR-2

Specifications (GR-1)

Data from Skyways

General characteristics

  • Crew: 1
  • Capacity: 1
  • Length: 19 ft 3 in (5.87 m)
  • Upper wingspan: 28 ft (8.5 m)
  • Lower wingspan: 21 ft (6.4 m)
  • Height: 7 ft 7 in (2.31 m)
  • Empty weight: 900 lb (408 kg)
  • Gross weight: 1,530 lb (694 kg)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Wright-Gypsy L-320 4-cyl air-cooled in-line piston engine, 90 hp (67 kW)

    • Performance

  • Maximum speed: 87 kn; 161 km/h (100 mph)
  • Rate of climb: 1,000 ft/min (5.1 m/s)

    • References

    Gregor GR-1 Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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