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The Thor T1-2 is a 2-seat single-engine, high-wing microlight aeroplane built by Thor-Air Inc., Weston, Ontario, Canada.
The Thor T1 ultralight aircraft was designed, manufactured and test flown by Thorsten B Strenger. The Thor T1 was a single
seat high wing with tractor engine. Aluminum tube and sailcloth construction. 3-Axis control. 80% double surface, strut braced wing.
Taildragger landing gear with steerable tailwheel.
There were three models of the Thor ultralight: T1, T1A and the two-seater T1 II, also knwon as T1-2. The Thor T1-II weights
only 146kg. A total of apx 127 aircrafts were build by Thor-Air. The 1984-built C-IGAX has an
Airframe Parachute System in a tube above the pilot-seat: in this tube is the parachute to lower the
entire aircraft to the ground in extreme emergencies like an engine failure. In 1991, registration C-IGAX was cancelled
as exported.
On 18 December 1993, Thor T1-2 C-IGAX was seen at Flugplatz Damme (EDWC). |
