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Sparrow has a fully enclosed cockpit design, allowing flying in cooler weather. The Sparrow was available as a kit that includes a pre-welded fuselage and quick-build wings. The power range is 20 to 50 hp (15 to 37 kW) and the original standard engine specified was the
310:. The fastest Sparrow with a cruise of 110 mph (177 km/h). Empty weight of 600 lb (272 kg) and gross weight 1,250 lb (567 kg). 34 were reported flying in 2007. Production completed.
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Sparrow can also be built in the US homebuilt and
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278:. Empty weight of 510 lb (231 kg) and gross weight 1,050 lb (476 kg). 60 were reported flying in 2004. Production completed.
288:. Empty weight of 360 lb (163 kg) and gross weight 710 lb (322 kg). 37 were reported flying in 2007. Production completed.
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Two seat side-by-side seating with dual controls, high wing, US homebuilt, higher-powered development of the
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627:, Kitplanes, Volume 15, Number 12, December 1998, page 42. Primedia Publications. ISSN 0891-1851
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322:Cliche and Kitplanes
268:side-by-side seating
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