| 2150 Kachina | |
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| Varga 2150A Kachina at McClellan-Palomar Airport California in January 2008 | |
| Role | |
| National origin | United States |
| Manufacturer | Morrisey, Shinn, Varga |
| Designer | William J. Morrisey |
| First flight | 1958 |
| Unit cost | $8245 in 1960[1] |
| Developed from | Morrisey Nifty |
The Varga 2150 Kachina is an American all-metal low fixed-wing two-seat light aircraft fitted with a tricycle undercarriage.
In 1958 William J. Morrisey re-engineered his 1948-designed wood and fabric Model 1000C as the all-metal Morrisey 2000 and two test aircraft were completed.[2] A further improvement came with the Morrisey 2150 with a 108 hp Lycoming O-235 engine and the Morrisey Aircraft Company built nine aircraft by the end of 1959.[3]
The design rights were then sold to Shinn Engineering Inc which built 35 improved Shinn 2150A aircraft with a 150 h.p. Lycoming O-320-A2C engine, before ceasing production in 1962.[4]
The 2150A design rights were sold to the Varga Aircraft Corporation in 1967 which built the Varga 2150A Kachina at Chandler, Arizona between 1975 and 1982. 121 2150A Kachinas were completed together with 18 examples of the Varga 2180 with a 180 h.p. Lycoming O-360-A2D engine. A tailwheel option was available as the Varga 2150TG.[4]
Bill Morrisey later re-acquired the design rights and later re-launched a kit version of the original Morrisey 2000C
The Morrisey/Shinn/Varga 2150 remains in widespread use in the USA and several aircraft are flown in Europe and South America.[5]
Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1977–78, p.417–18
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