"Wayne Paul" wrote in message
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There are many single engine experimental airplanes that don't meet
certification requirements that are flown by licensed pilots. Please
remember that by FAA definition, a glider is a heavier-than-air aircraft
supported in flight by the dynamic reaction of the air against its'
lifting
surfaces and whose free flight does not depend principally on an engine.
Meet this definition and you can call the thing you built a glider.

Hmm...... By that definition, (or close) I think a Taylorcraft BC-12D is
very close.

I have several logged flights, in a Taylorcraft, of 4 hours or more where
the engine only ran for a half-hour or so. We would take off from Pearson
Airpark near Vancouver, Wa and head for Mt. Hood. As soon as we would hit
the wave, we'd shut the Cont. 65 down and pull up into a stall to stop the
prop.

Then we'd soar as high as 12,000' IIRC, enjoying the view and the fun of
using a peanut butter jar as a biffy. When we'd get tired enough, it was an
easy glide back to the airport. We'd coast off the runway where one of us
would get out and prop the engine to taxi back.

Oh! wait a minute, I forgot. Disregard all the previous polemic. Both Cliff
and I only had student tickets, so we couldn't have flown with each other.
Heh, heh. )

Rich "I know nothing!" S.