Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck, A/K/A Dolt-45,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset., A/K/A P01135809

Friday, August 31, 2007

Staggerwing

This is the Beech-17, also known as the Staggerwing. It is quite possibly the most elegant single-engine airplane made for private pilots.



Designed and first flown 70 years ago, they were the Learjets of their day. It is said that the Staggerwings had speeds that were on a par with the Army's P-26 fighter.

Staggerwings are fully capable of fulfilling the role of fast personal transportation today. Their only drawback is that the structure of their wings is made of wood (spruce) and covered with fabric; redoing the wings of a Staggerwing is not a job for the faint of heart.

Which may be one reason why Griffon Aerospace designed the Lionheart, a roomy, fast, six-place homebuilt. The Lionheart is a composite aircraft.


Unfortunately, Griffon Aerospace stopped selling their kits, as they found it a lot more profitable to make UAVs for the military. As far as I know, less than a dozen Lionhearts were completed and flown.

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