1932 replica racing plane flown at EAA AirVenture
July 27, 2011, 03:14 pm
Back in 2009, Lon Deinst introduced his replica Art Chester Special airplane at the EAA AirVenture. Now, his aircraft is eligible to qualify as an experimental aircraft at this year's AirVenture, having been flown 50 hours or more.
When he first introduced his plane and flew it two years ago, Deinst had not yet flown it. He was in such a hurry to show the plane off at the 2009 AirVenture, he never got the chance to give it a test flight before taking off in front of thousands. At the time, Deinst said "We've done some taxi tests but it has not flown yet. We finished it the Thursday before Oshkosh and trucked it here."
Deinst and his family have been working on the project for 10 years. The Art Chester Special was first introduced as a racing plane in 1932. It's a small craft, only 16 feet from nose to tail and with a wingspan of roughly 17 feet. There are very few Chester Specials remaining, one of them being the model in the EAA Museum from which Deinst drew measurements.
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