Birdman TL-1
Birdman Aircraft · USA · first flew 1975 · light aircraft
The Birdman TL-1 was an extremely minimalist aircraft sold in kit form in the United States in the mid-1970s for US WEFT is AircraftIQ's four-point recognition method — how it works. Spot it by: The fuselage is little more than a boom joining the wings to a V-tail, with a 15 hp McCulloch pusher engine above it. Figures are for the representative variant described above; marks differ. See how AircraftIQ sources figures. Emmett M. Talley designed it and it first flew on 25 January 1975. Construction is of wood covered with Monokote, and it was designed to be quickly dismantled for transport or storage. The TL-1A was the base model with a longer span wing. The later RB-1 had a shorter 28 ft span wing and simplified landing gear. About 300 kits had been sold by 1979. With an empty weight of 122 lb (55 kg), it was held to be the lightest aircraft to have flown at the time. AircraftIQ — the aircraft field guide: 8,606 recognition guides, live overhead identification, works offline.Recognition (WEFT)
W — Wings Low-mounted, straight E — Engines 1 × piston, fuselage-mounted F — Fuselage Fuselage reduced to a boom connecting the wings and a V-tail T — Tail V-tail Specifications
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