Taylorcraft F-21

The Taylorcraft F-21 is a single-engine, high-wing, conventional-gear certified light aeroplane developed from the earlier F-19 with a larger 118 horsepower Lycoming O-235 engine and an updated type certificate. Forty-three examples of the basic design were built between 1980 and 1990 as the F-21, F-21A and F-21B, which differ mainly in fuel arrangements and weight: the F-21A dropped the fuselage tank for two wing tanks and the F-21B carried 42 gallons in total at a higher take-off weight, with new wing spars and aluminium belly skin. A 1988 example was displayed as a prize in a Las Vegas casino, and a few dozen were still on the United States register with private owners in 2014. The F-22 was a further development.