The Pober Super Ace was a single-seat sports aircraft designed as a

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1935 Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude Franco-Italian Agreement of 1935, an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. * ...

. Originally the "Corben Super Ace,""24th Annual Denton Fly-In,"
September 1986, ''Vintage Airplane,'' Vol.14., No.9, p.28, retrieved September 26, 2022 (p. it was an evolution of the Corben Baby Ace, and closely linked with it throughout their existence. Dwiggins, Don: Chapter 3: "Flying the Corben Baby Ace," ''Low Horsepower Fun Aircraft You Can Build,'' 1979,

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, LOC: 79-22942; ISBN 0-8306-9710-1 / ISBN 0-8306-2267-5, as compiled in ''Modern Aviation Library,'' Vol. 10, Book No. 210, TAB, Blue Ridge Summit, Penn., USA It was a single-seat

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monoplane of conventional

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configuration. As published, the plans called for an engine from a Ford Model A (some say Ford Model B) to be modified to power the aircraft. A set of plans and construction articles appeared in ''

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'' between April and October 1935 and were later marketed by

. Rights to the aircraft were sold to

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with the rest of the Corben company's assets. Plans are offered for sale by

Acro Sport Acro Sport Inc was an aircraft manufacturer based in Hales Corners, Wisconsin that marketed plans for homebuilt aircraft.Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12'', page 89. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011 ...

Variants

; Baby Ace :Single-seat ;Super Ace :Single-seat powered by a Ford Model A Automotive engine. Plans updated by EAA founder

. ; Jr. Ace :Two-seat tandem variant. ;

Pober Jr Ace The Ace ''Junior Ace'' is a two-seat sports aircraft that has been offered by the Ace Aircraft Manufacturing Company in kit and plans form for home building since the early 1930s. It was designed by Orland Corben.Vandermeullen, Richard: ''2012 ...

:Updated plans of the Jr. Ace model

Specifications

External links

Ace Aircraft Manufacturing Company The Ace Aircraft Manufacturing Company was established in Wichita, Kansas in 1929 by Orland Corben to market the world's first homebuilt aircraft, a machine of his own design called the Baby Ace. The enterprise did not last long before US regul ...

The History of Ace Aircraft

References

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