Pober Pixie

The Pober Pixie is a single-seat light aircraft that was designed in the United States in 1974 and marketed as plans for homebuilding.

[1][2] In response to the 1973 oil crisis, the EAA launched "Project Econoplane" to develop an aircraft with high fuel economy that would therefore be affordable for its members to operate.

Plans were completed in January 1974 and the prototype flew in late July, in time for the EAA Annual Convention that year.

After the convention, the prototype was returned to the workshop for modifications, including installation of a 60 hp (45 kW) Limbach SL 1700 EA engine and Rehm 5330 two-blade fixed-pitch propeller, details of which were incorporated into the plans.

[1][2] Aircraft Spruce and Specialty says of the design: Similar in many respects to the Heath Parasol, the Pixie is a modernization of the helmet-and-goggle days of the 1930s.