From Evan Belworthy, well known in the Clutton FRED world as the owner/builder of Clutton FRED ZK-FRD, here is a teaser photo of his newly-completed Gere Sport biplane taxiing in from its maiden flight in New Zealand. I have no other info yet, more to come. Cheers, Matthew
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Another tidbit from Evan, "The Gere Sport is also planned to fly again this week, looking forward to finding out the performance figures. The engine is a Toyota Hilux 4Y 2.2 litre."
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Matthew Long, Editor
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A site for builders, owners and fans of Eric Clutton's FRED
and other safe, simple, affordable homebuilt aircraft
She looks like a sweetheart - hopefully Mr. Belworthy will release more pictures and details!
The opinions and statements of this poster are largely based on facts and portray a possible version of the actual events.
I'm also interested, especially in Evan's Toyota conversion. He chose one from the 70's, perhaps to avoid the electronics, emission controls, etc.
Evan said he'd be submitting an article and pics to the SAANZ (New Zealand EAA) so I'll pass on whatever he sends me. I suspect you are right about the choice of an older auto engine. Cheers, Matthew
Last edited by cluttonfred; 04-01-2015 at 02:41 AM.
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