Long Distance Homebuilt

MJC wrote:
I'd even bet that the Honda aviation engine will be flying before the
Deltahawk.

Jeezzz MJC - the Deltahawk is at least Flying! Don't be so hard on
someone that is at least trying to do something thats SOOO VERRRY
difficult, unless you are working as hard as them to achieve the (
almost) unachievable. I respect Doug Doers Efforts, admire his
perseverance, and wish him Godspeed & all the Success in the world!

Wingsnaprop

P.S. Ron great picture- I laughed out loud

wingsnaprop wrote:

Jeezzz MJC - the Deltahawk is at least Flying! Don't be so hard on
someone that is at least trying to do something thats SOOO VERRRY
difficult, unless you are working as hard as them to achieve the (
almost) unachievable. I respect Doug Doers Efforts, admire his
perseverance, and wish him Godspeed & all the Success in the world!

Is the Glass Goose still being sold?

Reads like 2 wings and a prayer... g

On 31 Mar 2005 19:50:04 -0800, "wingsnaprop" wrote:

P.S. Ron great picture- I laughed out loud

I have to be honest...I stole the idea from the RV crowd. An RV-4 originally
was in the spot where I put the Fly Baby.

The Fly Baby in this case is one of the several South African 'Babies...this one
built and flown by Rennate Reeves. It has an O-235, which resulted in a rather
different look in the nose than your usual Fly Baby. She recently added a
starter, as the Lycoming proved to be hard-starting when hand-propping.

More shots of the plane...and one of the builder...can be found at:

http://www.bowersflybaby.com/pix/index6.htm#reeve-zsufi

Why can't the other members of *my* EAA chapter look like that....

Ron "holding down the mean" Wanttaja

Reads like 2 wings and a prayer...
yes &
4 wings......

"Ron Wanttaja" wrote in message
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On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 23:38:49 GMT, "Dude" wrote:

Why not just build an Aerocomp 6 or bigger and just put extra 55 gallon
drums in the back. When you get there, get rid of the drums and buy a
futon
mattress.

Or just buy gas on the way...

http://www.bowersflybaby.com/stories/longrange.jpg

Ron Wanttaja

LOL, amazing stick and rudder keeping the FB on the hose with all that wake
turbulence!

"Dude" wrote LOL, amazing stick and rudder keeping the FB
on the hose with all that wake
turbulence!

No, amazing stick and rudder,
--
Jim in NC flying the tanker slow enough for the flybaby to get on the hose!

"Morgans" wrote:


"Dude" wrote LOL, amazing stick and rudder keeping the FB
on the hose with all that wake
turbulence!

No, amazing stick and rudder,

No, "no, 'amazing stick and rudder,'" g

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Alex -- Replace "nospam" with "mail" to reply by email. Checked infrequently.

wingsnaprop wrote:

how many homebuilts do you think have made the flight from California
to Hawaii ? 2003 nm


Dave Lind flew his Long EZ from San Diego to Hawaii in the
late 90's. I think it took him 12 hours or so.

Another fellow flew his Glasair II or III from Hawaii to
Lakeland, Florida nonstop a few years back.

Ric Lee

Hawaii to Florida !! In a homeBuilt! Thats VERY impressive! to say the
least! thats just short of 25% of the Circumference of the EARTH !

I find the long rang flights fascinating, As a boy I'd ride my bike to
the AirForce Museum ( just 4 or 5 miles from our house) and study The
Story of the first ever around-the-world-flight of eight men in 4
specially built Douglas World Cruisers. of which, one is displayed
there ( Airplane, not one of the men). One of the greatest stories of
accomplishment over adversity ever!

Any place I can read more about the homebuilt that went Hawaii to Fla ?

Wingsnaprop

Dave Lind flew his Long EZ from San Diego to Hawaii in the
late 90's. I think it took him 12 hours or so.

Another fellow flew his Glasair II or III from Hawaii to
Lakeland, Florida nonstop a few years back.

All this banter about long over water flights leads me to just one
conclusion... There are a lot of people out there with bigger
kahonies than me.

Feelin small.