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Thought I would post a pic of me in my first biplane. My Dad, his partner in their Mooney and I bought it around 1975 from a friend of mine's estate who was building it when he unexpectedly passed away. It was about 3/4 finished and we flew it in 1977. I think I was 22 yrs old and had an absolutely ball in it! I had an opportunity to build the Pitts S2E with a well known airshow pilot buddy in 1983 and when we finished it in 1984 Dad, partner and I decided to sell it.
My understanding we sold it to a guy who flipped it to a lady in West Virginia and on her second flight it it she ran it out of gas on takeoff. She was ok but it supposedly laid in a barn out there for years and I don't know what ever happened to it. At one point I think my Dad's partner tried to buy it back to rebuild but was unsuccessful. Then I heard she passed away and we never heard what happen to it after that. There was also a N22GT and a N23GT all painted the same. Three guys started them together then all were finished separately.
I won best homebuilt numerous times at fly-ins with it. Not to brag too much but I did the same in the Pitts.
My understanding we sold it to a guy who flipped it to a lady in West Virginia and on her second flight it it she ran it out of gas on takeoff. She was ok but it supposedly laid in a barn out there for years and I don't know what ever happened to it. At one point I think my Dad's partner tried to buy it back to rebuild but was unsuccessful. Then I heard she passed away and we never heard what happen to it after that. There was also a N22GT and a N23GT all painted the same. Three guys started them together then all were finished separately.
I won best homebuilt numerous times at fly-ins with it. Not to brag too much but I did the same in the Pitts.
