Building and Flying a Quickie Homebuilt Aircraft, 1987 & 1988


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Building and Flying a Quickie Homebuilt Aircraft, 1987 & 1988

Edited by David Barth December 2015. Photos were taken by David Barth.

FIRST LOCATION:
The first location of this Quickie was in Loren Gamet's garage where it was constructed and mounted with a 20 HP Onan engine which had too low power to fly the plane. In Loren's garage, I removed the Onan.

Building and Flying a Quickie Homebuilt Aircraft, 1987 & 1988
The Quickie in Loren Gamet's garage with the Onan
engine removed. Loren, who was building a KR-2 in the
same garage, is in the picture.


Building and Flying a Quickie Homebuilt Aircraft, 1987 & 1988
The Quickie in Loren Gamet's garage with
the Onan engine removed.


Building and Flying a Quickie Homebuilt Aircraft, 1987 & 1988
Al Mullan preparing the Quickie for being moved
from Loren's garage to his shop.


Building and Flying a Quickie Homebuilt Aircraft, 1987 & 1988
Trailering the Quickie from Loren's garage in
Aurora to Al Mullan's shop in Lakewood.




SECOND LOCATION:
The Quickie, tail was removed and the plane was transported from Loren Gamet's garage to Al Mullen's shop where a Rotax engine was installed.

Building and Flying a Quickie Homebuilt Aircraft, 1987 & 1988
The Quickie at Al Mullan's shop in Lakewood.


Building and Flying a Quickie Homebuilt Aircraft, 1987 & 1988
The Quickie at Al Mullan's shop in Lakewood.


Building and Flying a Quickie Homebuilt Aircraft, 1987 & 1988
Mounting the Rotax engine onto the
Quickie at Al Mullan's shop in Lakewood.


Building and Flying a Quickie Homebuilt Aircraft, 1987 & 1988
Mounting the Rotax engine onto the
Quickie at Al Mullan's shop in Lakewood.


Building and Flying a Quickie Homebuilt Aircraft, 1987 & 1988
Preparing to transport the Quickie from Al Mullan's
shop in Lakewood to Longmont Airport, Colorado.


Building and Flying a Quickie Homebuilt Aircraft, 1987 & 1988
Preparing to transport the Quickie from Al Mullan's
shop in Lakewood to Longmont Airport, Colorado.


Building and Flying a Quickie Homebuilt Aircraft, 1987 & 1988
Preparing to transport the Quickie from Al Mullan's
shop in Lakewood to Longmont Airport, Colorado.


Building and Flying a Quickie Homebuilt Aircraft, 1987 & 1988
Preparing to transport the Quickie from Al Mullan's
shop in Lakewood to Longmont Airport, Colorado.


Building and Flying a Quickie Homebuilt Aircraft, 1987 & 1988
Preparing to transport the Quickie from Al Mullan's
shop in Lakewood to Longmont Airport, Colorado.


Building and Flying a Quickie Homebuilt Aircraft, 1987 & 1988
Preparing to transport the Quickie from Al Mullan's
shop in Lakewood to Longmont Airport, Colorado.


Building and Flying a Quickie Homebuilt Aircraft, 1987 & 1988
David Barth with his Quickie at Al Mullan's shop.
It is ready to be transported to Longmont Airport.




THIRD LOCATION:
The finished Quickie was moved from Al Mullen's shop and trailered to Longmont Airport where taxi tests were accomplished followed by test flights.

Building and Flying a Quickie Homebuilt Aircraft, 1987 & 1988
The Quickie Longmont Airport, Colorado, 1988.


Building and Flying a Quickie Homebuilt Aircraft, 1987 & 1988
The Quickie Longmont Airport, Colorado, 1988.


Building and Flying a Quickie Homebuilt Aircraft, 1987 & 1988
The Quickie Longmont Airport, Colorado, 1988.


Building and Flying a Quickie Homebuilt Aircraft, 1987 & 1988
The Quickie Longmont Airport, Colorado, 1988.


Building and Flying a Quickie Homebuilt Aircraft, 1987 & 1988
The Quickie Longmont Airport, Colorado, 1988.


Building and Flying a Quickie Homebuilt Aircraft, 1987 & 1988
The Quickie Longmont Airport, Colorado, 1988.


Building and Flying a Quickie Homebuilt Aircraft, 1987 & 1988
The Quickie Longmont Airport, Colorado, 1988.


Building and Flying a Quickie Homebuilt Aircraft, 1987 & 1988
The Quickie Longmont Airport, Colorado, 1988.