Snyder Buzzard

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|national origin=United States

|manufacturer=Motor Gliders Incorporated

|designer=Bud Snyder

|first flight=1930

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The Snyder Buzzard was a light sport aircraft produced in the United States during the early 1930s. The designer/builder was Bud Snyder.

Design and development

Designed to fill the lowest segment of the civil aviation market, the Buzzard was a single-seat single-engine fabric-covered aircraft of conventional configuration.

The wing was parasol-mounted. The {{convert|34|hp}} ABC Scorpion engine, mounted atop the wing, drove a pusher propeller

Specifications

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|length m=5.87

|length ft=19

|length in=3

|span m=10.67

|span ft=35

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|max speed kmh=112

|max speed mph=70

|cruise speed kmh=96

|cruise speed mph=60

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See also

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References

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  • [http://www.aerofiles.com/_sk.html Aerofiles Buzzard entry]
  • [http://www.aerofiles.com/_curthyphen.html Aerofiles reference]

Category:Single-engined pusher aircraft

Category:1930s United States sport aircraft

Category:Parasol-wing aircraft

Category:Aircraft first flown in 1930