@ Valle... what is it?

[JD Cooper[_2_]]

weird thing.

[Wayne Paul]

"JD Cooper" > wrote in message
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> weird thing.
>

This looks a lot like a Davis Flying Wing.
(http://www.twitt.org/DavisWing.html)

Davis use to have a hangar at the Nampa, ID airport. I saw his small single
seat flying wing and the project described on the twitt.org website in the
last 1980s or early '90s.

If my memory serves me correctly, it was the belt reduction system failure
that forced him to land in the Snake River once and led to his final
accident near the old Floating Feather airport which left him paralyzed.

His physical condition prevented him from further work on the project. The
little make-shift Quonset hut he used as a hangar wasn't large enough for
anything but his wing, or maybe an ultra light. The hangar was finally
demolished to make room for a row of new hangars.

I have always wondered what happened to the contents. Maybe your picture is
the answer. Where was this picture taken?

Wayne
HP-14 N990 "6F"
http://www.soaridaho.com/photogallery/Mackay_2006

[Wayne Paul]

"Wayne Paul" > wrote in message
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>
> "JD Cooper" > wrote in message
> ...
>> weird thing.
>>
>
> This looks a lot like a Davis Flying Wing.
> (http://www.twitt.org/DavisWing.html)
>
> Davis use to have a hangar at the Nampa, ID airport. I saw his small
> single seat flying wing and the project described on the twitt.org website
> in the last 1980s or early '90s.
>
> If my memory serves me correctly, it was the belt reduction system failure
> that forced him to land in the Snake River once and led to his final
> accident near the old Floating Feather airport which left him paralyzed.
>
> His physical condition prevented him from further work on the project.
> The little make-shift Quonset hut he used as a hangar wasn't large enough
> for anything but his wing, or maybe an ultra light. The hangar was
> finally demolished to make room for a row of new hangars.
>
> I have always wondered what happened to the contents. Maybe your picture
> is the answer. Where was this picture taken?
>
> Wayne
> HP-14 N990 "6F"
> http://www.soaridaho.com/photogallery/Mackay_2006
>

With a bit of digging through the TWITT website, I think I found it.

(http://www.twitt.org/schapel.htm#topleft)

Wayne

[JD Cooper[_2_]]

Wayne Paul wrote:
> "JD Cooper" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>weird thing.
>>
>
>
> This looks a lot like a Davis Flying Wing.
> (http://www.twitt.org/DavisWing.html)
>
> Davis use to have a hangar at the Nampa, ID airport. I saw his small single
> seat flying wing and the project described on the twitt.org website in the
> last 1980s or early '90s.
>
> If my memory serves me correctly, it was the belt reduction system failure
> that forced him to land in the Snake River once and led to his final
> accident near the old Floating Feather airport which left him paralyzed.
>
> His physical condition prevented him from further work on the project. The
> little make-shift Quonset hut he used as a hangar wasn't large enough for
> anything but his wing, or maybe an ultra light. The hangar was finally
> demolished to make room for a row of new hangars.
>
> I have always wondered what happened to the contents. Maybe your picture is
> the answer. Where was this picture taken?
>
> Wayne
> HP-14 N990 "6F"
> http://www.soaridaho.com/photogallery/Mackay_2006

thank you! the crazy little airplane is at the "wings of fame" museum at
Valle, Az. It was parked out back along with some other odd little
craft. I'll post another soon.

JD

[JD Cooper[_2_]]

JD Cooper wrote:
> weird thing.
here's a shot of what seem to be a propeller shaft on the rear.

[Wayne Paul]

"JD Cooper" > wrote in message
...
>
> thank you! the crazy little airplane is at the "wings of fame" museum at
> Valle, Az. It was parked out back along with some other odd little craft.
> I'll post another soon.
>

JD,

In case you missed the addendum to my first post, I believe your mystery
flying wing is a "Schapel" (http://www.twitt.org/schapel.htm#topleft) and
not the Nampa "Davis."

Wayne
HP-14 "6F"
http://www.soaridaho.com/photogallery/Mackay_2006

[JD Cooper[_2_]]

Wayne Paul wrote:
> "JD Cooper" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>thank you! the crazy little airplane is at the "wings of fame" museum at
>>Valle, Az. It was parked out back along with some other odd little craft.
>>I'll post another soon.
>>
>
>
> JD,
>
> In case you missed the addendum to my first post, I believe your mystery
> flying wing is a "Schapel" (http://www.twitt.org/schapel.htm#topleft) and
> not the Nampa "Davis."
>
> Wayne
> HP-14 "6F"
> http://www.soaridaho.com/photogallery/Mackay_2006

Thank you!

JD