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The Tailwind is the third in a series of high-wing aircraft designed by Sylvester J. "Steve" Wittman (1904–1995), a well-known air racing pilot and race plane designer, who also played an important role in the emergence of homebuilt aircraft with the Wittman Tailwind and other designs in the United States. [2]
Also in 1937, Wittman designed and built "Buttercup". A high wing design built to outperform the Cubs, Chiefs, T-Crafts, and Luscombes of the day. Based on that aircraft, he built the Wittman Big X in 1945, and the popular Wittman Tailwind series of homebuilts. [6]
This is a list of aircraft in alphabetical order beginning with 'W'. Lists of aircraft; ... Wittman Tailwind; Wittman Midwing; Wittman Big X; Wittman Chief Oshkosh;
Pages in category "Wittman aircraft" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. ... Wittman Tailwind; V. Wittman V-Witt This page was ...
The aircraft shape was influenced by the Beechcraft Staggerwing and Wittman Tailwind. The name came from the college of Nesmith's daughter, the University of Houston , whose athletic mascot is a cougar .
Wittman designed the four-place "Big X" soon afterward. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] When Fairchild did not follow up on production offers, Wittman was contacted by Cessna in Wichita, Kansas , to demonstrate the lightweight and strong spring steel landing gear of the Big X. Cessna bought the plane and its production rights in order to use the gear on its new ...
The Woodwind was a homebuilt copy of the Wittman Tailwind using all-wood construction, rather than welded steel tube and aircraft fabric covering for the fuselage. Ironically, the Wittman design uses plywood covering for its wings, while the Woodwind uses fiberglass. [2]
[2] Szaraz drew heavily from the design of the Wittman W-8 Tailwind during the design process, and thus the fuselage, landing gear, and engine mount are very similar to that of the W-8. Plans were first offered for sale in the March 1969 edition of Sport Aviation. [ 3 ]