Super cub with knobs on, yes. 200 horses, I believe. Lovely.

Crikey, 200 horses in a lightweight such as that, hardly bears thinking about.

Ever thought about one of these?
To my mind, it's got everything... it's a taildragger, a very nice hotrod, a classic... the original 1946 Globe Swift with the smaller engine is the true classic and can be found for reasonable prices, the one in the pictures is a Super Swift which is an updated version with a IO360, flat panel, modern canopy, wheels and brakes etc and a bit more expensive. Luggage room is a bit limited, but they're very economical and great to fly.
Shame to keep it outside though.
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c8...uper_Swift.jpg
LoPresti tried to revive production but only two LoPresti prototypes are flying, alas.

Now that is one sweet aeroplane:ok:
A bit like a taildragger Falco!
Me likey lots!

Very nice!

Rod1

Thrusters are delightful, especially the original TST. And I do wish we could get away from this apocryphal myth that taildraggers are hard to land. They're not, if the pilot is trained correctly and is aware that crosswinds are a little more limiting.

It's a sorry state of affairs when GA is in the doldrums with new piston aircraft sales falling and there isn't a single aircraft available on the market that's suitable for training.

We have had a load of suggestions for aircraft that are at least 50 years old/ With engine equally as old if not older and/or burn 30+ litres an hours of soon to disappear AVGAS rather than the cheaper MOGAS/UL91

I can't for the life of me understand why none of the manufacturers do anything about it. Such a shame.

What about a PA20 Pacer? Never flown one but the Tri Pacer is a joy to fly so the PA20 must be similar in the air....

Ticks all your boxes other than leaving it outside....

Nice freshly re-covered and painted one was on AFORS a wee while ago for £22k..

PA20 Pacer 1952

Just browsing through some pictures of mine today, and this one reminded me of this thread:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3820316/Scre...2004.10.18.jpg

A Scout perhaps?


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Rotax Faulke?
Training soaring glider tugging all in one aircraft.
http://www.union.ic.ac.uk/rcc/glidin...ages/Falke.jpg