Quickie - Ottawa, Ontario - Static Aircraft Displays on Waymarking.com

The following information is from the Canada Aviation and Space Museum's Website:

Highlights:

An American single-seater, tandem-winged home-built aircraft manufactured as a kit by Quickie Aircraft Corporation from 1978 to 1987

Sold as a complete kit with engine included; intended to be built at home

Designed by Burt Rutan, one of the most innovative aircraft designers of the late twentieth century

Its main components, including fuselage and wings, were made of fibreglass

More than 2,000 kits were sold in the United States and abroad

Received the Outstanding New Design award from the Experimental Aircraft Association in 1978

Canadian Garry LeGare designed a two-seater Q2 version in 1980; Quickies were distributed in Canada by Leg-Air Aviation Limited

First flight was on November 15, 1977

Artifact no.:
1990.0246
Manufacturer:
Home-built
Manufacturer Location:
United States
Manufacture Date:
1984
Registration no.:
C-GGLC
Acquisition Date:
1990

History:

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.

Current Location:

Reserve Hangar, Canada Aviation and Space Museum

Provenance:

Donation from J.D. Vos

The kit for this Quickie was manufactured by Quickie Aircraft Corporation of Mojave, California around 1983. It was assembled by Johannes Denis Vos in Brantford, Ontario in 1983 and 1984. The owner and operator first flew the Quickie in October 1984. Most of its flights were in the Brantford area. The aircraft received much attention when it was displayed at a Hamilton, Ontario air show in 1986.

The Quickie flew a total of 135 hours over the course of six years. The aircraft was donated to the Museum in 1990, when Vos ended his flying career.

Technical Information:

Wing Span 5.1 m (16 ft 8 in)
Length 5.3 m (17 ft 4 in)
Height Unknown
Weight, Empty 110 kg (240 lb)
Weight, Gross 220 kg (480 lb)
Cruising Speed 195 km/h (121 mph)
Max Speed 203 km/h (126 mph)
Rate of Climb 110 m (360 ft) /min
Service Ceiling 3,750 m (12,300 ft)
Range 1,320 km (820 mi)
Power Plant one modified Orion, 18 hp, horizontally-opposed piston engine

Reference: (visit link)

Type of Aircraft: (make/model): Quickie Tail Number: (S/N): C-GGLC Construction:: original aircraft Location (park, airport, museum, etc.): Canada Aviation and Space Museum inside / outside: inside Other Information:: Canada Aviation and Space Museum - Ottawa, Ontario Opening hours Daily 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission fees Adult $15, Youth (3-17) $10 Senior (age 60+) / Student $13 - Free on Thursday from 4 to 5 PM An additional 5$ entrance fee to visit the hanger where this aircraft is located will need to be purchased before the visit takes place. You will be escorted by a tour guide. Tours of the hangar are scheduled for 11 AM and 1 PM. There is paid parking on site. Taking photographs is allowed. Access restrictions: You will be briefed by the tour guide at the commencement of your tour and he/she will explain the activities that you may have to restrain from within the hangar. There are barriers on the floor that serve to prevent visitors from approaching too close and touching the aircrafts.

Visit Instructions:
Photo of aircraft (required - will be interesting to see if the aircraft is ever repainted or progress if being restored)
Photo of serial number (required unless there is not one or it is a replica)
Photo(s) of any artwork on the aircraft (optional but interesting)

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