EAA:s grundare Paul Poberezny har lämnat oss idag vid en ålder av 91 år. Tillsammans med Anders Ljungberg "räddade" de EAA i och med den senares flygning runt USA i en P-5 Pober Sport, ett flygplan som byggts och konstruerats av Poberezny. Från airventuremuseum.org/collection/aircraft/4Poberezny%20Pober%20Sport.asp "The Pober Sport was completed and ready to fly by the 1959 EAA Convention. By spring of 1960, after some testing and tweaking, the Sport was ready to take on a challenge. Paul had an adventure planned for his Pober Sport that would better acquaint the general public of the capabilities of the homemade airplane and EAA. During the entire month of May 1960, Anders “Andy” Ljungberg, a Swedish engineer, toured the United States, dropping in on every EAA Chapter across the country. The total trip turned out to be 13,100 miles covered in 121 hours and 25 minutes of flying time (30 days total duration) in which Andy visited 72 cities and each of the 48 continental United States. Andy’s flight in the Pober Sport brought the EAA, homebuilt airplanes, and sport flying to the general public as never before. It proved that homebuilts were safe, reliable, practical machines which could be used for extended trips without an array of sophisticated equipment. The boom of EAA membership proved that the Sport’s epic journey inspired imaginations across the country."
Posted on: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 18:38:08 +0000
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