Hey AnthonyW - Great job at Nats and congrats. I also like all of your pics. I to agree on the Culver Cadet. I would love to get the plans to build one of these.

My dad bought one in the late 50's after the owner failed to get the gear pins locked in on one side (had to lower and rock the plane), they landed and ground looped it. My dad re-built the plane from the ground up in Riverton Wyoming, scratch building the sing spars, parts of the fuselage, etc. Here he is standing with it in about 1961 or 62. I have another couple of pictures of it with me sitting up on the wing about a year later maybe, but I have to find these pics out of the recent moving boxes. About the only mod he made to it was putting an overhead plexi window in the canopy, didn't like not being able to see out the top. The engine had so much torque that during take off you all most dropped the wheels off the runway on one side, and by the time you rotated you'd been drug across the runway to the other side. Landed about the same way.

Does anyone have more info on this plane at Nats, or know where plans might be found. Like I said, I'd love to build one and surprise my dad with it