Taylorcraft F22

The Taylorcraft F22 is a two-seat American light aeroplane built in small numbers by Taylorcraft in the late 1980s and early 1990s, a development of the F-19 by way of the F-21. It is a high-wing, strut-braced monoplane with a welded steel tube airframe covered in fabric, with pilot and passenger side by side in an enclosed cabin and a piston engine in the nose. The prototype first flew on 1 August 1989 and production began at the Lock Haven factory by the end of that year, but only 17 had been built when Taylorcraft went bankrupt in 1992. Four variants appeared: the F22 Classic and the tricycle-gear F22A Tracker with the Lycoming O-235, and the F22B Ranger and F22C Trooper with the larger O-360. Plans to restart production existed in 2007.