- Development
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Reflex Fiberglass Works | designer=Nick Jones | first flight=1986 | introduced= | retired= | status= | primary user= | number built=10+ | developed from= | variants with their own articles=
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The White Lightning WLAC-1 is an American four-seat single-engined monoplane designed for amateur construction by Nick Jones and sold as kits by the White Lighting Aircraft Corporation of South Carolina. In the 1990s the aircraft design was sold in kit form by Reflex Fiberglass Works of Walterboro, South Carolina.[1] DevelopmentThe WLAC-1 is a low-wing monoplane powered by a 210 hp (157 kW) Continental IO-360 piston engine. The prototype first flew on 8 March 1986 as the Jones White Lightning. Specifications{{Aircraft specs
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ReferencesNotes1. ^Purdy, Don: AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition, page 242. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998. {{ISBN|0-9636409-4-1}}
}}Bibliography{{refbegin}}- {{cite book |last=Taylor |first= Michael J. H.|authorlink= |coauthors= |title= Brassey's World Aircraft & Systems Directory|year=1996 |publisher= Brassey's|location= London, England |isbn=1-85753-198-1|pages=}}
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