On Jun 3, 5:42 am, Stealth Pilot
wrote:
On Sat, 02 Jun 2007 21:34:42 -0700, wrote:
On May 29, 11:58 pm, Ruediger LANDMANN wrote:
I came across a reference to the Aeroneering Miller Lil Rascal in Jane's
Encyclopedia of Aviation; which pretty much just says that it was a
biplane intended for building at home or in schools. I can't find any
other reference to this - does anyone here know anything more about it?

TIA

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I am Merle Miller the designer and major builder of the Miller
Lil Rascal. It is a side by side biplane built in the seventies (with
center stick control and dual foot pedals) and flown by me and a
select few others for many years. It was easy to build, flew well, was
cheap to fly, and a joy in the summer. It was a short coupled
taildragger that loved grass runways. I flew it from south-east
Georgia to Oshkosh and many points in between. Then our local airport
changed operators and paved over our last grass runway, and seemed
only interested in Corporate aviation.
A few years ago I was working most of the good days, getting
older, becoming stiff in my joints, and climbing into (and out of)
the open cockpit biplane was a problem. Also, the weather in north-
eastern Indiana restricted my flying it, so I shed a tear and sold it.
Now, I wish I hadn't! I have finally retired and have more nice days
available, but it is too late.
What else do you want to know?
Merle.

retired :-)
what are you going to build next? :-) :-)

live long and prosper
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I am into rebuilding antique amusement park trains and operating
them. My days and years of building and rebuilding airplanes is
probably over. I don't have to fool with small town airport
authorities, or pay to have the equipment stored, and the gas is even
cheaper, ... at least for a while!
Merle.