Orval Fairbairn wrote:





A friend of mine, Colgate Darden, owns the rights to the Spartan
Executive. Apparently, a weak point is in the main gear trunions. One
broke on his a few years ago -- the plane has been repaired.

It is a BIG machine!

Yes, it's big. Talk about turning money into noise. I only saw a
picture of the nose gear Exec he was going to buy. Looked pretty ugly.