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Old January 10th 08, 03:55 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Bertie the Bunyip[_19_]
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Default Skycather's not TOO ugly, just needs tailwheel

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Is the glass at all structural, or does the steel tubing extend to the
tail?

Bertie


I think all the way to the tail. Met a glastar rep on the ramp once.
He gave me their promo DVD for the Sportsman. II found the plane very
appealing because it was about a hour (2 max) of work to go from trike
to tail dragger with two people. The DVD shows the operation -- it is
really cleverly engineered.

It's a pretty fast bugger, too, for being able to land all over the
place. Tundra tires!


Yeah, I remember seeing pics of it on tundra tires. They were appearing
like mad in SA for a while. Saw one at an airshow a little while back. Til
prefer a ragbag though!


Does cost a lot though. Another dream not happening


Well, that's the other thing about an airplane like that..

Bertie