Wing D-1 Derringer
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Pilot Fighter
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I saw one at Oshkosh years ago. I think only a handful were built.
tlove482
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Yep, 12 according to Wikipedia.
ahw01
Well-Known Member
Pics?
EIR
It's 5 o'clock somewhere
I saw one pop-up on TAP a few weeks ago. My wife had to talk me out of buying it.
Glassair III speeds, twin Comanche redundancy, Baron price.
ahw01
Well-Known Member
Looks ideal for a flight school trainer
Adler
Low-Level Individual
Ugh. Way too cool for that.
inigo88
Composite-lover
There is or was one sitting in a dirt lot outside the National Test Pilot School in MHV, so that leaves 11 that could possibly be flying.
I second @Adler. That’s like saying the B-25 in your profile picture would be a good flight school airplane.
Maybe we could develop a follow on and sell it to flight schools, but keep your flight school cycles and abuse away from our cherished rare unique historical aircraft. Every one of these things should be celebrated and kept flying as long as possible or preserved in a museum.The Wing Derringer was designed by John Thorp, the same guy who designed the Thorp T-18 kit plane and who developed and held the patent for the all-flying horizontal stabilizer which would go on to be used on the Piper Cherokee. He’s a really important figure in the history of GA and homebuilt aircraft and deserves the recognition.
Designer Spotlight: John Thorp
Amy Laboda, John Thorp, Richard Eklund, Piper Cherokee, Thorp T-18, Lockheed, Lockeford, all-flying tail, stabilator, NACA 63A-412 airfoil, Eklund Engineering, Derringer, Lodi Field, spark retarder, Model A Ford, Boeing School of Aeronautics, Rudy Paulic, Thorp Aircraft Corporation, XT-3...
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ahw01
Well-Known Member
I did my MEI in a C-310 so get your gistThere is or was one sitting in a dirt lot outside the National Test Pilot School in MHV, so that leaves 11 that could possibly be flying.
I second @Adler. That’s like saying the B-25 in your profile picture would be a good flight school airplane.
The Wing Derringer was designed by John Thorp, the same guy who designed the Thorp T-18 kit plane and who developed and held the patent for the all-flying horizontal stabilizer which would go on to be used on the Piper Cherokee. He’s a really important figure in the history of GA and homebuilt aircraft and deserves the recognition.
Designer Spotlight: John Thorp
Amy Laboda, John Thorp, Richard Eklund, Piper Cherokee, Thorp T-18, Lockheed, Lockeford, all-flying tail, stabilator, NACA 63A-412 airfoil, Eklund Engineering, Derringer, Lodi Field, spark retarder, Model A Ford, Boeing School of Aeronautics, Rudy Paulic, Thorp Aircraft Corporation, XT-3...
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Adler
Low-Level Individual
Normally I agree with you, but no airplane belongs in a museum. They belong flying.There is or was one sitting in a dirt lot outside the National Test Pilot School in MHV, so that leaves 11 that could possibly be flying.
I second @Adler. That’s like saying the B-25 in your profile picture would be a good flight school airplane.
The Wing Derringer was designed by John Thorp, the same guy who designed the Thorp T-18 kit plane and who developed and held the patent for the all-flying horizontal stabilizer which would go on to be used on the Piper Cherokee. He’s a really important figure in the history of GA and homebuilt aircraft and deserves the recognition.
Designer Spotlight: John Thorp
Amy Laboda, John Thorp, Richard Eklund, Piper Cherokee, Thorp T-18, Lockheed, Lockeford, all-flying tail, stabilator, NACA 63A-412 airfoil, Eklund Engineering, Derringer, Lodi Field, spark retarder, Model A Ford, Boeing School of Aeronautics, Rudy Paulic, Thorp Aircraft Corporation, XT-3...
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inigo88
Composite-lover
Knowing what it takes and costs to rebuild something around the data plate I only mention the museum option as a worst case scenario.
See my caveat before the Dr. Jones meme.