The 2024 Schedule is being developed and will be posted soon. Please check back!
Major White Bird Activities
- Winter 2022-2023
- Developed methods to remove fuselage/empennage.
- Developed method to fold blinkers and pilot platform.
- Aircraft was designed using CAD to do this: fit into standard shipping container to ship worldwide and reassemble in ~4 hours.
- Spring/Summer 2023
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- Continued hops and pattern flights to assess CG location vs. stick/throttle/stabilator positions; best takeoff and landing; slow speed flight using wing tufts.
- Completed 40 hr. test program for FAA experimental category certification.
- Short cross-country flight.
- Centerville Americana Parade with half-scale and Model T participation.
- Pattern guest flight with Tom Scott, YouTuber. 1M views so far.
- Dayton Airshow for White Bird first public flights. Flew there Thursday, performed Saturday and Sunday, flew home Tuesday.
- On static display when not flying. Many thanks to Sinclair Aviation program for hangar space and support.
- First Flight Wheels and Wings. Flyovers and static display from our hangar.
- Kettering Holiday at Homes. Flyover during parade and half-scale walk in the parade.
- Carillon Park Concours. Flyover at noon on Sunday.
- Hawthorn Hill Flyover at the Wright Brothers Oakwood Residence.
- Summer/Fall 2023
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- Warbird Flying Showcase. Flyover and landing at Clermont County Airport.
- Huffman Prairie flyovers with celebrities.