Behold the Phantom "Menace"!

The phantom I found up in Vancouver turned out to be a pretty nice little plane.  I have been looking for one for some time that was in reasonable driving distance and I had seen this one for sale for several months.

The timing turned out to be good so I took a trip up and bought it.  This weekend I rented an enclosed cargo trailer and took the old man along with me to help load her up.  The seller Alan was very helpful in giving me information about the plane and loading it in to the trailer.

She is now back at Creswell ready for some work.  She is an older plane, not really sure of the exact age, and not perfect by any means.  She however has a lot of things going for her, such as a brand new, never run Rotax 447, new sails, and a new EIS instrument panel for engine monitoring.

In any case, this is the plane I have been been waiting for.....a part 103 legal 3 axis ultralight.  Let the games begin!

Bye Bye Birdie!

The Quicksilver MX has been sold!  Roger from Southern Oregon is the proud new owner and is on his way back from Creswell as we speak.

I hope to hear of his flying adventures with Betty Boop soon!

As for me I have my eye on a Phantom ultralight up north that I will be checking out this weekend.

We can't let that hangar stay empty now can we?

There's a New Bird in My LIfe!

The Mini Max is now gone.  It is kind of sad since I never did fly it.....but it now has a happy new home with Dale in Washington.  He is pretty excited about the plane and has the rating(s) to be able to take her up.  I hope to hear reports of it flying the Big Skies soon!

My new bird is a nice example of a flying 1983 Quicksilver MX  two axis ultralight.

She is in excellent, airworthy condition with a freshly rebuilt Rotax 377 engine, new GSC Systems 51" wood prop, new sails, hardware and flying wires, etc.  And of course she is pretty as well.

At this point I have inspected her pretty thoroughly and have performed numerous crow hops at the runway.  The 377 runs really well and she flies straight and true!  Just waiting for warmer weather to take her around the patch.

Look below for a video of the Rotax 377 running strong at 3000 rpm's!

As usual she is also for sale at the current price of $4200.  Not sure if I would let her go though...at least not yet.  She is just too fun and easy to fly!

I also have a new trike project in the works.  I found a nice Airborne X-Air trike chassis that I purchased up north.  To get it flying I need to find a engine and a wing.  If you have a nice Rotax 503 or a trike wing for sale please get in touch with me.