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The Fisher Celebrity is a Canadian two-seat, conventional landing gear, single engined, biplane kit aircraft designed for construction by amateur builders. Fisher Flying Products was originally based in Edgeley, North Dakota, USA but the company is now located in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada.〔Vandermeullen, Richard: ''2011 Kit Aircraft Buyer's Guide'', Kitplanes, Volume 28, Number 12, December 2011, page 53. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851〕〔Purdy, Don: ''AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook'', page 159. BAI Communications. ISBN 0-9636409-4-1〕〔Kitplanes Staff: ''1999 Kit Aircraft Directory'', Kitplanes, Volume 15, Number 12, December 1998, page 49. Primedia Publications. IPM 0462012〕〔Downey, Julia: ''Kit Aircraft Directory 2005'', Kitplanes, Volume 21, Number 12, December 2004, page 59. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851〕〔Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12'', page 102. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X〕 ==Development== The Celebrity was designed by Fisher Aircraft in the United States in 1989 and was intended to comply with the US ''Experimental - Amateur-built'' category, although it qualifies as an ultralight aircraft in some countries, such as Canada. It also qualifies as a US Experimental Light Sport Aircraft. The Celebrity's standard empty weight is when equipped with a four-stroke Continental O-200 engine and it has a gross weight of .〔〔 The construction of the Celebrity is of wood, with the wings, tail and fuselage covered with doped aircraft fabric. An alternate welded 4130 steel fuselage is also available. The aircraft features interplane struts and inverted "V" cabane struts. Like most biplanes, the Celebrity has no flaps. The Celebrity's main landing gear is bungee suspended. Cockpit access is via the lower wing. The company claims an amateur builder would need 600 hours to build the Celebrity.〔〔〔 Specified engines for the Celebrity include the Continental A-65, Continental C-85, the Continental O-200 and the Lycoming O-235.〔〔〔 By late 2011 more than 55 Celebrities were flying.〔 In reviewing the Celebrity John W. Conrad wrote in the July 1992 issue of Sport Pilot Hot Kits and Homebuilts Magazine: 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fisher Celebrity」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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