B747Inst
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So, a long, long time ago (1973-79) in a place far, far away (Corona Airport) my wife and I built this here highly-modifed Smith Miniplane. I first flew her Dec 19, 1979. I painted her all black (because it was widely thought that an all black airplane would confuse the IAC judges when flying an aerobatic sequence). I terrorized S California for many years in her. Then got hired by NWA and flew her from CA to MN (open cockpit, no electrical, and just followed roads) I put over 1000 hours on her with no issues (well, cracked crankshaft flange - O-290G). The innards of the wings were all Acroduster, I-struts instead of N struts, inverted fuel/oil (later in 83) lexan belly and side panels, squared-off tail. She flew GREAT!! and I just rigged her by eyeball... sold her to help purchase our first home. I sure miss her.
