Oberlerchner JOB 15

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Oberlerchner JOB 15 was an Austrian two-seat light aircraft produced by Josef Oberlerchner Holzindustrie. Using experience as sailplane designers and builders Josef Oberlerchner Holzindustrie created a powered aircraft the JOB 5 a two-seat side-by-side light aircraft of wooden construction. The JOB 5 first flew in 1958. The company decided to build a slightly larger three-seat production version, the JOB 15. The JOB 15 was a low-winged monoplane with fixed tailwheel undercarriage,of composite construction, with a wooden wing and steel-tube fuselage covered in Glass-reinforced plastic and fabric and first flew in 1960 with a 135 hp (101 kW) Avco Avco Lycoming O-290-D2B engine. Three aircraft were built before the a more powerful version, the JOB 15-150, was built with a 150 hp (112 kW) Avco Lycoming O-320-A2B engine. After 11 15-150s had been built animproved version the JOB 15-150/2 was introduced and ten were built before production ended in the late 1960s.