CONTENTS Vol. 59 No. 10 | October 2010
A PUBLICATION OF THE EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION
FEATURES
P. 20
Savoring the Experience
Chris Christiansen’s scratchbuilt design
redefines “quick build”
A 30-year-old’s third original design
captures attention.
By David Kujawa
P. 26
Fire Flies
Flying aerobatics after dark
Lighting up the night.
By Greg Laslo
P. 32
The PD- 1 Roadable Glastar
Experimental means trying something new
The quest for a viable flying car continues.
By Budd Davisson
P. 38
Canada’s Finest
Memories of a Golden Hawk
Canadian Aviation Hall of Famer Fern
Villeneuve and the F- 86 Sabre.
By Jim Busha
P. 44
Barnstorming With Big Birds
The Historical Flight Foundation’s DC-7B
Reliving the Era of the Prop-Liner.
By Budd Davisson
PHOTOGRAPHY BY JIM KOEPNICK
TREY JOHNSON
“I really enjoy how experimental aviation gives us the opportunity to fly
the kind of airplane that we dream of flying, even if no one before us has
created it yet. If we can build it, we can fly it.”
For additional information on many of the topics in this issue visit www.SportAviation.org.
