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Here are some of the projects that our customers have been working on. Do you have a plane flying, being restored, or under construction? We’d love to hear about it! Before sending us digital pictures, please read the file submission guidelines first. Then let us know!

BUILDER PROJECTS SKYBOLT / FIREBOLT PROJECTS Andreas Kranz’s German Skybolt Brad Roberson’s Skybolt Seth Fuller’s Modified Skybolt Bret Wills’ Skybolt Project Tom Ferraro’s Skybolt Pete and Mary Zumwalt’s Skybolt Mike Robinson’s Skybolt Project Truman Geouge’s Skybolt Project PITTS SPECIAL PROJECTS Wally Knight’s 4-Aileron Pitts S1-C Project Hugh Russel’s 2/3 scale Pitts Special Simulator Daniel Ryfa’s Swedish Pitts Special S1-C Austin Fox’s Pitts S1-C Project Pitts S1 Racer N1114R Restoration James Shoenberger’s S1-C / S1-SS project Mike Angiulo’s Pitts S1-SS Project Mike Townsley’s Small-Engined Pitts S1-C RELATED AIRCRAFT LaMar Steen’s Original Steenship MODELS KNIGHT TWISTER Harley W. Jetzer’s 1/3 scale R/C Knight Twister PITTS MODEL 14 Melf-Heiko Mast’s Electric Pitts Model 14

LaMar Steen’s Original Steenship

Lamar Steen’s first airplane, a low-wing design named the Steenship, is still flying! Strongly resembling a Stits Playboy, Lamar stated that the only reference to it was a photo of the Stits plane on the wall of the shop. The Steenship has wood wings, a tube-and-fabric fuselage, and originally sported an impressive many-coat nitrate dope covering job. The modified O-290-G engine produced 140hp and gave the Steenship a cruise speed of 165 mph. In addition, it is stressed for +/- 9 G aerobatics. Lamar spent 3-1/2 years building the prototype, which first flew in 1966 and cost him $3,800.

Today, Burt Nichols in Mena, Arkansas is the proud owner of Lamar’s original prototype. In the nine months after he bought the plane in mid-2002, he put over 200 flight hours on it! “I am looking forward to the next 2000 hours or so” he tells us. (At that rate, it won’t take long.) The airplane is currently being upgraded from the original modified O-290 to an O-320. In late Jan. 2005, Burt sent us an update: “I am in the process of doing the rebuild and it is coming along well. It is taking a little longer than I thought it would, but I think that is standard. I will be sending you some pics for you to sift through and post what you would like about the rebuild, and hopefully this summer I can give you the new performance numbers for her.” We’re looking forward to it!