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was competing against both better planes and better engines.
    In 1926 the business [[strikethrough]]grew immeasurably[[/strikethrough]] advanced further, he sold several planes and turned out a large number of students. That year Heath decided to build the best possible plane for the National Air Races and, assisted by Clair Linsted, designed and built the Heath "Tomboy", a small full-cantilever 26-foot span, exceptionally clean monoplane, with an imported Bristol Cherub 2-cylinder 32 [[strikethrough]] H.P.[[/strikethrough]] hp., aircraft engine. [[strikethrough]]It[[/strikethrough]]The completed airplane weighed 274 pounds empty and was a remarkably fine little machine. With [[strikethrough]]this plane[[/strikethrough]] it Heath won all "firsts" in three event at the [[strikethrough]] R[[/strikethrough]] aces in Philadelphia that fall, averaging 91.2 [[strikethrough]]M.P.H[[/strikethrough]] m.p.h. In November he had 46 students and his school had a waiting list.
     At that time Heath was working on his first low-priced popular Heath "Parasol" monoplane, with the revamped Henderson 4-cylinder motorcycle engine. Introduced early in 1927 this little plane, with further yearly developments, went on to be come a landmark in early American light aircraft history. Primarily intended as a low cost, easy-to-fly, safe, single-seat machine anyone could own and operate, it was ideal to build up flying time for graduate students. It was a plain, sensible design with steel-tube fuselage, externally braced wood wing of 23-foot span, empty weight of 290 pounds, a top speed of 70 [[strikethrough]]M.P.H.[[/strikethrough]] m.p.h. and a landing speed of 32[[strikethrough]]M.P.H.[[/strikethrough]] m.p.h. The engine developed 23 [[strikethrough]] H.P.[[/strikethrough]] hp.,and operated on very little fuel. The machine seemed made for airport sport flying so it caught on quickly and soon developed a market. The initial "flyaway price" was $975.00 [[strikethrough]]and it was soon[[/strikethrough]], offered in kit form for home builders for $199.00. Later that year he also offered the re-worked Heath-Henderson engines and propellers for sale.
   That fall Heath won all of the light plane events at the National Air Races held at Spokane, Washington, flying the 1926 Tomboy. It is recorded that he sold fifteen complete Heath Parasols in 1927 and a much larger number of kits.
    In 1928, during Mach, Heath became the Chicago distributor for the Lincoln Aircraft Company and early that year started work on a new and faster racing plane. First called the Heath "Wee Mite," the name was later changed to the "Baby Bullet". A mid-wing 25 foot monoplane with external wire bracing, using the Cherub engine, it had a top speed of 145[[strikethrough]]M.P.H.[[/strikethrough]] m.p.h. and a landing speed of 55 [[strikethrough]]M.P.H.[[/strikethrough]] m.p.h. He was test-
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