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in an attempt to break the world airspeed record for a piston-engined aircraft. It is a single-seat aircraft with two

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engines installed, one driving a tractor propeller, the other driving a pusher. The fuselage is bullet-shaped and highly streamlined and features a mid-wing and cruciform tail. It first flew on 25 July

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. After being displayed at the

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air museum at

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for some years, the aircraft was being offered for sale in

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with an asking price of $125,000 (USD).

Specifications (Aero Design DG-1)

References

{{reflist * Taylor, J. H. (ed) (1989) ''Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation''. Studio Editions: London. p. 27
Aerofiles
* ''Aero Trader'', October 2005 * ''Air Progress'', June 1975 * ''Sport Aviation'', March 1976 * ''Sport Aviation'', February 2002, p. 44–49

External links

Mazda Wankel Rotary Engines for Aircraft Website
has a photo of the partially dismantled airframe and a three-view drawing of the complete aircraft. Aero Design Associates aircraft Twin-engined push-pull aircraft 1970s United States sport aircraft Wankel-engined aircraft Mid-wing aircraft Aircraft first flown in 1977