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Mystery of crashed glider in Arizona
On Dec 11, 8:55*am, ContestID67 wrote:
I called the FAA registry. *Looks like the Jordon Reid connection is the key to this mystery. *Tom "5Z" you are the winner. A very nice lady at the FAA said that the tail number had been used three times. *A Cessna 421C (current), Moni before that (distroyed) and then a "glider" which was registered to Jordon E Reid of Tucson, AZ! * Bingo. She didn't have a model number but "Reid" as a manufacturer does show up in the FAA database as a "RGS-1" glider as mentioned earlier, 1 seat. *Serial number is 0001 so it is obviously a one-off homebuilt. The detailed information on the craft is being sent to me but it is in "Federal Storage" and will take weeks to be dug up. RGS-1 = Reid Gordon Special #1??? Now the next question - how did it come to be lying next to a fence in such disrepair. *Wind storm as someone thought? *It seems to be in relatively good repair for something that might have tumbled end over end. - John DeRosa Well done guys! But it's not over yet. The design looks heavily influenced by Schreder, maybe HP-17ish. Maybe Bob can turn up something in his records. Some correspondence? Darryl |
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