Wanttaja
Sky Savant
It's one biiiiig homebuilt.
Last month, Bob Dempster's replica of the first airplanes to fly around the world made its first flight in Seattle. It's a huge biplane, powered by a Liberty engine just like the originals. And it's homebuilt.
It's not just a "look alike," it's full scale, only modernized where necessary for safety or reliability issues. The wings even fold.
Bob intends to re-create the flight of the four original Douglas World Cruisers (at least, the two that made it). This has been a labor of love for Bob, not a big corporate project.
Here's an EAA piece about Bob and his project...
Ron Wanttaja
Last month, Bob Dempster's replica of the first airplanes to fly around the world made its first flight in Seattle. It's a huge biplane, powered by a Liberty engine just like the originals. And it's homebuilt.
It's not just a "look alike," it's full scale, only modernized where necessary for safety or reliability issues. The wings even fold.
Bob intends to re-create the flight of the four original Douglas World Cruisers (at least, the two that made it). This has been a labor of love for Bob, not a big corporate project.
Here's an EAA piece about Bob and his project...
Ron Wanttaja
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