Quote Originally Posted by Airmutt View Post
Agreed, it is a good looking design and looks even better in person. It uses Luscombe wings and a modified Baby Ace fuselage. No surprise there given Paul’s affinity for the Baby Ace. EAA’s history states it was delivered to a new owner in California at the end of the nation wide chapter tour and did not find its way back to Oshkosh until 1975. There was one article with a sketch that appeared in SA around 1960 but the design appears to have gotten pushed to the back burner and ultimately dropped. Too bad.
Great design but Paul was quite too busy between EAA, raising Tom & Bonnie, and flying C-47s and KC-97’s for the National Guard. I remember Paul “burning the candle at both ends” many times. He would also fly the Guard C-47 cross country picking up aircraft, engines, and parts for the original museum in Hales Corners.
vr…. Don Stits