• Identify this airplane, please

    From dleroyj@gmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Fri Feb 23 08:44:48 2018
    I have a friend who bought an airplane in 1962, and he cannot remember the make.
    It was a white or cream taildragger with tandem seating and a control stick rather than a yoke. It was a high-wing airplane, and it was easy to fly.

    He bought it when he was 15, for $600, and his only training was that the seller simply told him to use the stick gently to raise or lower the nose or bank the wings to turn, and to slide it back to earth gently when he wanted to land. He then flew it
    home and landed in the pasture. Eventually he discovered he was doing this illegally and sold it.

    What was the make and model of this aircraft?
    Reply privately if you wish to drdan--AT--wwt.net

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  • From Paul Tomblin@21:1/5 to dleroyj@gmail.com on Fri Feb 23 20:20:43 2018
    In a previous article, dleroyj@gmail.com said:
    I have a friend who bought an airplane in 1962, and he cannot remember the make.
    It was a white or cream taildragger with tandem seating and a control
    stick rather than a yoke. It was a high-wing airplane, and it was easy
    to fly.

    Too hard to narrow down, but I'm betting Piper Cub or Aeronca Champ.


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  • From Clare Snyder@21:1/5 to Paul Tomblin on Fri Feb 23 20:44:22 2018
    On Fri, 23 Feb 2018 20:20:43 -0000 (UTC), ptomblin+netnews@xcski.com
    (Paul Tomblin) wrote:

    In a previous article, dleroyj@gmail.com said:
    I have a friend who bought an airplane in 1962, and he cannot remember the make.
    It was a white or cream taildragger with tandem seating and a control
    stick rather than a yoke. It was a high-wing airplane, and it was easy
    to fly.

    Too hard to narrow down, but I'm betting Piper Cub or Aeronca Champ.


    The AirKnocker would have been my first guess.

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  • From malcolm.ruthven@gmail.com@21:1/5 to dle...@gmail.com on Thu Mar 1 13:53:15 2018
    That's funny but also scary. If he flew it from the front seat, it was probably an Aeronca Champ 7AC (which I learned to fly in). Google photos of those and see if he recognizes them.

    On Friday, February 23, 2018 at 8:44:50 AM UTC-8, dle...@gmail.com wrote:
    I have a friend who bought an airplane in 1962, and he cannot remember the make.
    It was a white or cream taildragger with tandem seating and a control stick rather than a yoke. It was a high-wing airplane, and it was easy to fly.

    He bought it when he was 15, for $600, and his only training was that the seller simply told him to use the stick gently to raise or lower the nose or bank the wings to turn, and to slide it back to earth gently when he wanted to land. He then flew it
    home and landed in the pasture. Eventually he discovered he was doing this illegally and sold it.

    What was the make and model of this aircraft?
    Reply privately if you wish to drdan--AT--wwt.net

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