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Old April 21st 09, 01:41 PM posted to rec.aviation.homebuilt
bod43
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Default OSH '92 or '93: Help me identify this aircraft

On 20 Apr, 15:15, rich wrote:
the only thing I can think of that's big enough to do what you
describe is one of Dean Wilson's designs. Either the twin engined
Explorer or the single engined Private Explorer. As far as I know,
only one of each was ever made. But the timeline I'm not sure about.
They may have come out after the '92 '93 time period you mentioned.
Dean also designed the Avid flyer, which was copied to produce the
Kitfox.

On Mon, 06 Apr 2009 19:51:37 -0700, Guppy Pilot

wrote:
I'm trying to figure out what type of aircraft I saw at Oshkosh '92..
or possibly '93. *Here it is: *High wing bird, parked in one of the
certified fly-in areas. *The kicker: *It had a motorcycle in it. *Yep,
honest-to-goodness full-size bike. *I *think* it was a BMW R90, but
it's been many years, I could be misremembering. *Anyway, I would have
taken pictures, but by the time I got around to certified birds, I was
out of film (Remember film? *You never had enough.). *Anyway, I would
absolutely love to be able to bring a bike with me on various trips,
so I'm interested in figuring this puzzle out. *From what I currently
know about airplanes, a high wing bird with a cargo door large enough
for a motorcycle might be a Partenavia, but oddly enough, I don't
actually remember it being a twin. *But hey, 17 years is more than
enough to fog anyone's recollection..


slip


Have a google for [motorcycle airplane pod].
e.g.
http://news.motorbiker.org/blogs.nsf...to-combine.htm

Also consider that ther do exist some quite small and light
motorbikes.
Depends what you want.

google [monkey bike] - small and lightish
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BRAND-NEW-110c...QQcmdZViewItem

google [trials bike] - light
http://www.sherco.com/trials_2t.html
153lbs but somewhat specialised

Both the above are road legal.