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1987
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EAA show attracts new types LAKELAND ~ The US Experimental Air craft Association (EAA) attracted several new designs to its week-long Sun'n Fun event, held as usual at Lake land, Florida. The event is said to be the second biggest of its type, attracting 5,000 aircraft, 18,000 movements, and 100,000 visitors, according to the EAA. Aircraft included 850 "showplanes" ranging from homebuilts and kits to historic civil and military types. The Jesse Anglin-designed Space Walker was one of many new homebuilts making their first Sun'n Fun appear ance. Similar to the Bowers Flybaby, the Space Walker is available as a kit or as plans. A set of drawings sells for $145. The fuselage is a steel-tube spaceframe covered in fabric. The wooden wings are fabric covered. The prototype first flew last July and has The Eau Gallie Gull ( above J and Aviation Composites Mercury fbelow,) have yet to fly accumulated lOOhr. The top speed is 125 m.p.h. on a 85 h.p. unit, though the aircraft can fly on just 65 h.p. Country Air of Hendersonville, North Carolina, is the manufacturer. Aviation Composites of England was showing a Mercury swept-wing canard. Yet to fly, the design is Another pusher is the Sun Ray 100 (abovej, a mixture of steel, composite, and wood. The Space Walker (belowj is kitted expected to reach 87kt and to have a range of 290 n.m. on a 40 h.p. Norton rotary engine. Nearing completion is the strange-looking Eau Gallie Gull, designed and built by students at Eau Gallie High School, Florida. Its top speed is predicted to be 255 m.p.h. Building cost was less than $6,000 including engine and instruments. New homebuilts included the Rans S-9, Kelly D-ll biplane, Carlson Aircraft Sparrow, and the Hi-Max, a high-wing version of the Team Minimax. Rotorway showed a four- seat version of the Exec heli copter, called the Windstar, and Air Command displayed a range of autogiros, claiming to be the only manufacturer of kits of such types. Sun Aerospace was offering a $2,000 discount off the normal $9,995 price of its Sun Ray 100, a cranked-wing canard pusher. The latest pre- production prototype at Lakeland displayed several changes from earlier units. The kit comes complete with a Rotax 503 engine. Two pre- moulded composite shells cover a steel-tube fuselage framework. The wings are a mixture of wood and glass- fibre reinforced plastic. Next year's event has been moved to mid-April to take advantage of better weather. PRIVATE FUGHT CAA opens registration database LONDON ~ The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has launched a new commercial service to provide regis tration, certification, and ownership information on domestic aircraft. Enquirers will be able to obtain details of manufacturer, type, power- plant, year of manufacture, current owner's name and address, and details of airworthiness certification. The minimum charge will be £20, and searches can be made singly or in combination, says the CAA. The CAA's computer data base holds information on more than 11,000 registered aircraft, balloons, and micro- lights, while further data is held on aircraft no longer registered. The UK Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association welcomes the move, saying that it allows simpler access to information which has been available in the past. Quotations can be obtained from the CAA, Aircraft Regis tration Section (telefax 01-240-1153/telex 883092 EGGA B G). Seaplane pilot groups merge TORONTO The Canadian Seaplane Pilots Association (CSPA) has voted to merge with the Seaplane Pilots Association (SPA) based in the USA. Canada's affiliated, volun teer-run group found it "increasingly difficult to provide the technical reading material that the seaplane pilot should be receiving", says CSPA president Stanley Hawkins. The US association is to take over much of the routine CSPA work, freeing its staff for other activities, such as working to remove "discriminatory restrictions". Membership enquiries should in future be sent to the Seaplane Pilots Association, 421 Aviation Way, Frederick, Maryland, USA. FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL, 11 April 1987 17
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