WILCO Aviation are delighted to have this lovely example of a Wittman Tailwind for sale. Listed with us exclusively G-BOHV is located with us at our home base of Henstridge Airfield, Somerset.

The Wittman Tailwind is a popular two-seat light aircraft for homebuilding. It is a high-wing, braced cabin monoplane of tailwheel configuration. It is constructed with a steel tubing fuselage, wood wings, and fabric covering. It offers exceptional cruising speeds and is economical to operate and maintain.

The Tailwind is the third in a series of high-wing aircraft designed by Sylvester J. Steve Wittman (1904 1995), a well-known air racing pilot and race plane designer, who also played an important role in the emergence of homebuilt aircraft with the Wittman Tailwind and other designs in the United States. The first, the Wittman Buttercup two-seater, and later the Wittman Big X four-seater, which was bought by Cessna to use its spring steel landing gear. The Tailwind also inspired the last iteration, the O and O Special. A model of the 1965 Wittman Tailwind may be found in the Sun n Fun Museum.

Wittman developed the C-85 powered Flying Carpet in 1953, later renaming it to the Tailwind . In 1953, the Tailwind became the first aircraft covered under the FAA s Experimental category to be certified to carry a passenger. While crude looking by modern standards, it outperformed many similar factory-built planes, and only with the advent of composite construction were new designs able to achieve similar speed per horsepower and range.

Aircraft Spruce & Specialty Co of Corona, California acquired the rights to the Tailwind in January 1996 and became the exclusive distributor for plans and materials.

In 2012 Hotel Victor under went a top end overhaul with new Superior Millennium Assemblies having only done 124hrs of flight since. The standard O-200 oil screen has been replaced with a spin on oil filter to make oil changes simpler.

Hotel Victor was converted to a W10 specification increasing performance in shorter take off and increased speed.

Crew: one pilot
Capacity: 1 passenger
Length: 19 ft 3 in (5.87 m)
Wingspan: 20 ft 11 in (6.38 m)
Height: 5 ft 3 in (1.6 m)
Wing area: 84 sq ft (7.8 m2)
Empty weight: 700 lb (317 kg)
Gross weight: 1,300 lb (590 kg)
Powerplant: 1 Continential O-200-A , 100 hp (75 kW)

Maximum speed: 185 mph (298 km/h, 161 kn)
Range: 500 mi (805 km, 435 nmi)
Service ceiling: 16,000 ft (4,900 m)
Rate of climb: 900 ft/min (4.6 m/s)

Total fuel 25 US GAL (94Litres)
130knt cruise
Interior: Traditional
Exterior: White & Red
f.u.n.k.e ATR 833S (8 33 kHz spaced)
NARCO AT150 Transponder
Sigtronics intercom
Turn coordinator
Air Speed Indicator (ASI)
Altimeter
Artificial Horizon
Direction Indicator (DI)
Vertical Speed Indicator (VSI)
Oil pressure gauge
Oil temperature gauge
RPM gauge
Air temperature gauge
Volt meter
Fuel pressure gauge
Suction gauge
Spin on oil filter

Interior 7/10
Exterior 8/10

YEAR: 1990
MAKE: Povall RA
MODEL: Wittman Tailwind
REG NUMBER: G-BOHV
AIRCRAFT TYPE: Single
AIRFRAME HOURS: 1068 (+/- 5hrs)
ENGINE MAKE: Continental O-200-A
ENGINE HOURS: 1069 TTSN | 124 STOH
ENGINE OVERHAULED: 12/05/2012
PROP MAKE: Evera
PERMIT: Expires September 2023
EMPTY WEIGHT: 700lbs (317kgs)
MTOW: 1300lbs (590kgs)
HANGARED: Always

PRICE: 29,999.00 GBP

Telephone: +44 (0)20 3475 9255 or
+44 (0)7568302334

Airplane time state:
YEAR: 1990
AIRFRAME HOURS: 1068 (+/- 5hrs)
ENGINE MAKE: Continental O-200-A
ENGINE HOURS: 1069 TTSN | 124 STOH
ENGINE OVERHAULED: 12/05/2012
PERMIT: Expires September 2023

f.u.n.k.e ATR 833S (8 33 kHz spaced)
NARCO AT150 Transponder
Sigtronics intercom

Interior: Traditional
Interior 7/10

Exterior: White & Red
Exterior 8/10

Spin on oil filter