The Taylorcraft F22 is a two-seat American light aircraft produced in small numbers by Taylorcraft in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It is a further development of the Taylorcraft F-19 via the F-21 design. Manufacturing and marketing of the F22 was halted by the financial difficulties of Taylorcraft, although plans to restart production existed in 2007.
The F22 is a high-wing, strut-braced monoplane of conventional design.[1] Two of the four variants produced had fixed, tailwheel undercarriage, but the F22A and F22C had fixed, tricycle undercarriage instead. The pilot and a single passenger sit side-by-side in an enclosed cabin. Power is supplied by a piston engine mounted tractor-fashion in the nose, driving a propeller. The airframe is of welded steel tube, covered in fabric.[2]
The prototype, registered N180GT, first flew on August 1, 1989, and production started at Taylorcraft's Lock Haven factory by the end of the year. In 1992, after only 17 F22s were built, Taylorcraft was bankrupt and ceased business.