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February 22nd 08, 03:55 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Bertie the Bunyip[_24_]
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1952 newsreel- latest futuristic and experimental aircraft
William Hung wrote in news:0863c542-d316-41d4-96c4-
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http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZMJOS2VWaPU
I poste this video in RAH, thn thought some in RAP might find it
iteresing. That second plane looks a lot like the bumblebee, maybe
even smaller. Would any of you fly it?
That's Ray Stits' Skybaby. It's in the EAA museum AFAIK. I think it still
holds the smallest airplane ( wingspan) record. there were a few
homebuilders that got involved in a ****ing contest for the smallest around
that time.
He said it was a handful to fly. You can see that on the takeoff. One of
the biggest problems it had was the ASI didn;'t work worth a damn because
it wasn't possible to get the pitot far enough away from the prop wash..
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