Larkin Skylark

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name = Skylark KC-3
type = Homebuilt semi-amphibious aircraft
manufacturer = Larkin Aircraft Corporation
national origin= United States


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The Larkin Skylark is one of the few homebuilt aircraft capable of landing on both land on water. Only one aircraft was built and flown in 1973.

Design

The Skylark is a pusher-style design with a single Volkswagen engine above and behind the fully-enclosed cockpit. The cockpit seats two in a side-by-side arrangement, with a large plexiglass canopy curving around both occupants. The tail is a twin-boom arrangement attached at the trailing edge of the wings, allowing clearance for the pusher propeller above and within he booms. The landing gear is a tricycle arrangement with the nose gear positioned at the foremost point of the nose, and the two main gear semi-recessed into teardrop-shaped farings on the lower sides.

The Skylark can be made capable of amphibious operation when fitted with an optional V-shaped lower hull made out of fiberglass.

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ee also

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* Pereira Osprey
* Pereira Osprey II
* Spencer Air Car
* Sunshine Clipper
* Taylor Model A Coot
* Volmer VJ-22 Sportsman
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*List of seaplanes and flying boats

References

* International Aircraft Directory, 3rd edition (ISBN 978-1-56027-590-9)