The Heath Parasol was a small,
slender plane, and one of the first homebuilts to be built in
significant numbers.4
The Heath Parasol is a single-place open cockpit monoplane.5
A Stearman N2S-4, a North American SNJ-5 and a 1931 Heath Parasol were
available initially, but no suitable facility was available in which
to display them.6
* Heath Parasol N838W, Irvin Rofshus, Albert Lea, Minnesota
* KR2 N1701L, Bob Lester, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 120 Hours
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Made by Heath.
Moth Minor and the 1926 design Heath Parasol single seat aircraft.
Allen has also been involved with several other exhibits at the museum
and has held a private pilots license since 1971.8
At the time, Heath Parasols were
the lowest-priced approved airplanes in the country and the only
kit-built airplane eligible for government licence.9
Similar in many respects to the Heath Parasol, the Pixie is a
modernization of the helmet and goggle days of the 1930’s. The large
wing and full span ailerons make for easy flying.10
Heath Parasol, it is no longer a common configuration,...11
for a Heath Parasol using his construction techniques that would be
nice with a stock displacement VW, E-mail him for details.12
the Heath Parasol, and it was constructed entirely of wood, covered
with fabric. The small aircraft, with a wingspan of 23 ft (7.13
By 1931 the Heath Parasol Model V was in production and
available as an amateur home-built kit. Over a 1,000 planes were built
from kits and plans.14
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