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OBJECT TYPE: civil/single seat/home built kit
DATE: 1978
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1990.0246.001

MANUFACTURER: Quickie Aircraft Corp.
MODEL: Rutan Quickie
LOCATION: Mojave, California, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: FUSELAGE FIBERGLASS COVERED FOAM/ CANOPY- PLEXIGLASS/ WHEELS, RUBBER/ CONSOLE- FIBREGLASS/ GLASS, WOOD, PLASTIC, METAL, FABRIC

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 528.0 cm
Width: 508.0 cm
Height: 123.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Aviation
Category: Aircraft
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Quickie
Country: United States of America
State/Province: California
City: Mojave

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: The Museum aircraft first flew in October, 1984 and was operated by the owner/builder until 1990 when it was donated to the Canada Aviation Museum.
Canada: Unknown
Function: A HOMEBUILT AIRCRAFT USED AS A RECREATIONAL VEHICLE
Technical: Made of glass fibre and foam, the Quickie was designed to be a fast and efficient, single-seat, sports homebuilt, powered by a small engine. The unusual tandem-winged , tailless aircraft was flown by each of its three designers on the day of its first flight. Since 1 mph (1.6 km/h) per engine horsepower at cruising speed is considered efficient, the Quickie’s 7 mph (11.3 km/h) per horsepower is remarkable. Construction on the prototype Quickie started in August 1977, with design frozen in January 1978. By June 1978 the Quickie was offered as a complete kit with engine included. During the 1980s a more powerful engine was introduced which could also be fitted to earlier versions. A radical development was the Quickie Q2, a two-seat model prototype which was built in Surrey, B.C. and first flown in 1980. By the late 1990s, 3 000 one and two-seat kits had been sold.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: ON TAIL & UNDERSIDE OF FOREPLANE: 'C-GGLC'/ INSIDE COCKPIT: 'EXPERIMENTAL [DYMOTAPE] NOTICE/ THIS AIRCRAFT IS OPERATING/ WITHOUT A CERTIFICATE/ OF AIRWORTHINESS/ AROBATICSPROHIBITED [DYMOTAPE]'
Missing: From CA of 02/19/1999 by Mike Irvin: No - Complete
Finish: AIRCRAFT BODY WHITE WITH BLUE STRIPE ALONG SIDES & REGISTRATION NUMBERS ON TAIL & UNDERSIDE OF FOREPLANE
Decoration: BLUE STRIPE ALONG BOTH SIDES OF FUSELAGE

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Quickie Aircraft Corp., Airplane, after 1978, Artifact no. 1990.0246, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1990.0246.001/

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