The result is an airplane that looks, well, different. Extra finalized the design and then faired the wing and fuselage together. The wing and fuselage were each optimized for speed rather than low production cost. But old habits die hard the airplane still hasnt sold well in the U.S., despite impressive attributes.Įxtra had help with the 400s basic design from the high regarded aeronautical design department at the University of Delft. When it first flew in 1996, it wowed U.S. ![]() The result: The six-place, pressurized Extra 400. With that success behind him, no surprise that Walter Extra would turn his companys attention to building a high-performance cabin-class single. buyers.Ī notable exception is the aerobatic market, where the highly regarded Extra 200 and 300 from Germany have made inroads in the U.S. This fervor spills into our buying habits such that European companies have done poorly in marketing GA airplanes to U.S. Proud as we are about being first in powered controllable flight, we forget that the Europeans pioneered flying in hot air balloons in 1783. ![]() Americans have a certain nationalistic myopia when it comes to general aviation airplanes.
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