Met the man at OSH that’s rebuilding THAT Staggerwing… in New Zealand. NZ has a thriving GA community. They plan to have a mock-up of the crazy machine that hauled the airplane around. It was to be a vehicle combo to explore Antarctica. Pretty much everything went wrong with that wild plan. But is showcases how ideas become reality, and even in failure, many good things are developed no one could possibly predict.
Bücker
Fort Worth, TX, United States
Professional pilot (ret). A&P, CFII, bi-plane nut, AKA the “Jungmann Master” according to Sport Aviation (total lol).
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Rumored to be the loudest airplane ever made. XF-84H Thunderstreak (commonly know as the Thunderscreech). It only flew 12 times, all but one flight ending in an emergency. It was so loud it had to be towed miles from the tower at Edward’s AFB because of the tremendous noise it made, even at idle power. The story is kind of hilarious (except for the part where it injured people with the noise). Read up on it. You won’t be disappointed. Only 2 were built (I think). One is in the Air Force Museum. I’m going to see it sometime this summer if I can make the time.
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Nice to hear from you, Derek! We will definitely be contacting you. Lots of stuff happening, and I haven’t forgotten you. Keep posting! Jeff R. I notified our guy in charge of the tech stuff and you should be hearing from him soon.