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Aviation History
1963
1963 - 1615.PDF
Leighnor "Mirage" 2 8 Grieger GW-1 "Tinkerbelle" Top award winner was N94F, the Leighnor "Mirage" 2, a single-place greatly modified Stolp-Adams "Skyduster" with wider/longer fuselage, larger, augmented-cooled engine, complete cockpit, liberal use of glass-fibre and 48 coats of hand-rubbed dope on Irish linen covering. Awards included Most Popular Aircraft, Best Workmanship, Best Cockpit, and three others. Wing wood, fuselage steel tube. Engine, 150 h.p. Lycoming O-320; span, upper 19ft, lower 18ft; length, 17ft; cruise speed, 162 m.p.h.; range, 450 miles. William C. Leighnor, age 40, is a publishers' sales representative. Bill and two buddies built craft in 29 months; first flight, July 15 this year. Robert H. Grieger, 43, a wholesale produce jobber, built N848Z "Tinkerbelle" from George Meyer's plans by reading books and teaching himself as he went along. Wings are wood with fabric; fuselage steel tube and wood with fabric; tail steel tube and fabric. Engine, 85 h.p. Continental C-85-12F; span, 19ft; length, 16|ft; cruise speed, 109 m.p.h.; range, 350 miles; seating, one. Con struction took 4J years,*cost $2,500 (£895). 1 Still another Starduster from the Stolp-Adams 125 (£9) plans, N9614Z is by 39-year-old sales representative Frank Thrash. Construction took 1J years and cost $1,150 (£411). Wing, wood and fabric; fuselage and tail, steel tube and fabric. Engine, 125 h.p. Lycoming O-290G; SPan, 19ft; length, 17ft; cruise speed, 125 m.p.h.; range, 300 miles 10 Forty-four-year-old Air Force pilot Elton J. James con structed the EAA Biplane, N73639 in 20 months for $1,275 (£455) and has logged 115hr since December 1962. Ship uinered from plans in using an Aeronca landing gear, a second 15 US gal fuel tank, fuselage forward of cockpit deepened, glass-fibre pressure-type engine cowl fitted. Wing ls *°°d, fuselage and tail steel tube, fabric covered. Span, 2°ft; length, 17ft 6in; cruise speed, 105 m.p.h.; engine, '25 h.p. Lycoming O-290G. Over 1,600 EAA Bipe plans hav e been sold. 20oneSt Sh'P at Rockford was N9004, a 1928 Travel Air *y recently restored over a 4J-year period by Ernest ^«ob, 44, executive pilot from North Carolina. Engine, IU2 h.p. Curtiss OXX-6; cruise speed, 90 m.p.h.; landing s Peed, 38 m.p.h.; range, 380 miles. Craft seats three. ,^n°ther Outstanding Design Award winner was N9085C, Jo e A'ro Car Model 3, a readable airplane by 49-year-old andif Halsmer' Seaboard World Airlines captain r»c , er of J1 children. Engine, 85 h.p. Continental J**'12' span, 30ft; length, 19ft; cruise speed, 85 m.p.h.; fa, Ma 3Peed, 45 m.p.h. Wing has wood spar, metal ribs, Alu"" C°Ver" ^use'a8e and tail are steel tube, fabric covered. atin?m'Um landin8 sear has steerable front wheels. Actu- with "ose"strut design permits various angles of attack in all four wheels on ground. 9 Thrash SA-100 Starduster 10 James EAA Biplane 11 Travel Air 2000 12 Halsmer Aero Car (below)
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