Flying Motorbike

Lawrence Farnham, Fort Collins CO.
FC-1 Fly-Cycle 1954 +AD0- 1pOlwM+ADs- 75hp Continental A-75+ADs- span: 29'7+ACI- length:
19'0+ACI- v: 85/x/30 range: 150. A genuine flying motorbike+ADs- the pilot had no
cockpit, but rode the plane sitting astride the fuselage with his feet
resting on the wings. Control was by means of handlebars and a twist-grip
trottle in the right grip. As a +ACI-working+ACI- plane, containers for
crop-spraying could be carried in its wings. +AFs-N201A+AF0-.

+ACI-Malcolm Barnard+ACI- +ADw-malcolm+AEA-barnard.force9.co.uk+AD4- wrote in message
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+AD4- When I was a lad, in the early 1950's, I saw a magazine article about an
+AD4- unusual aircraft.
+AD4-
+AD4- It was a single place, low wing monoplane with a tricycle undercarriage
+AD4- and,
+AD4- probably, a 60 to 80 h.p. motor. The odd thing is that it was ridden,
+AD4- motorbike fashion by the pilot sitting astride behind a windscreen.
+AD4- Control
+AD4- was achieved by motorbike handle bars to operate the rudder, but which
+AD4- also
+AD4- tilted to control the ailerons and could move back and forth to operate
+AD4- the
+AD4- elevators. Quite a neat idea, really.
+AD4-
+AD4- Its purpose was for fence patrols and other inspection purposes on large
+AD4- ranches in the US where the rider might need to hop on and off easily to
+AD4- do
+AD4- little maintenance jobs.
+AD4-
+AD4- I have been told it is probably a Farnham FC-1 Fly Cycle.
+AD4-
+AD4- Does anyone know where I might get to see a picture of this aircraft?
+AD4-
+AD4- Malcolm
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