The Air Creation GT and Clipper are a series of French two-seat flying wing ultralight trikes that was designed and produced by Air Creation.Cliche, Andre: Ultralight Aircraft Shopper's Guide 8th Edition, page C-3. Cybair Limited Publishing, 2001.
Design and development The GT series features a cable-braced hang glider-style high-wing, weight-shift controls, a tandem-seat, open cockpit, tricycle landing gear and a single engine in pusher configuration.
The aircraft is made from bolted-together aluminium tubing, with its double-surface wing covered in Trilam sailcloth. Its area wing is supported by a single tube-type kingpost and uses an "A" frame control bar. A variety of wings and engines has been fitted to the GT carriage, to form new variants.
When equipped with a cockpit fairing, the aircraft is called the Clipper.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04, pages 91-92. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster OK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X
The GT series can be fitted with the later-designed Air Creation NuviX wing.Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 200. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
The GT was replaced in production by the Air Creation Skypper.
Variants GT-BI Version with XP-15 wing, center of gravity adjustable sliding keel, pneumatic suspension of all three landing gear wheels and a steerable nose wheel equipped with a drum brake. The engine is a Rotax 503 of Kiss 400 GTE 582 Version with the Kiss 400 wing, rated for and Rotax 582 engine of Kiss 450 GTE 582 Version with the Kiss 450 wing, rated for and Rotax 582 engine of Mild GTE 582 Float Version with the Mild wing and Rotax 582 engine of and dual floats for water operations. XP-12 Buggy 582 SL Version with the XP-12 wing and Rotax 582 engine of and float for water operations. MILD-GTE 503 SL Version with the MILD wing of and Rotax 503 engine of Downey, Julia: 2000 Trike and 'Chute Directory, Kitplanes, Volume 17, Number 2, February 2000, pages 44-45. Kitplanes Acquisition Company. ISSN 0891-1851 MILD-GTE 582 Version with the MILD wing of and Rotax 582 engine of Purdy, Don: AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, page 102. BAI Communications. XP-GTE 582 SL Version with the XP wing and Rotax 582 engine of XP-Buggy Version with the XP wing and Rotax 582 engine of iXess Clipper 582 Version with a fairing, the iXess wing and Rotax 582 engine of . XP-17 Clipper 912 Version with a fairing, the XP-17 wing and Rotax 912 four stroke engine of .
Specifications (MILD-GTE 503 SL)
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