I designed it.
It was my first attempt at designing a trainer for a lovely lady who had splattered her LT-40 into a million pieces, and her DuraPlane was a little too fast...and was getting heavy from too many repairs.
The day we took her Debonair out for the first time to test fly it is also the day she soloed.
She said that it flew as good as ger LT-40 did, and much better than the DuraPlane. She also said that the biggest reason she succeeded with this airplane is because the fear factor of splattering a lot of money and time was completely gone. Her Debonair is now 2 years old. It has been cartwheeled and crashed several times and is still flying today. She was very discouraged after crashing the LT-40. We designed and built the Debby in my apartment on a Saturday, and she had her wings that Sunday afternoon. We used the landing gear and engine mount from her DuraPlane, so the cost to her for the materials to build the plane were about $7.00. I cannot describe the look of excitment, joy, and sense of accomplishment I witnessed. It was such a success, that I decided to put plans on the internet for the design and many many many pilots have experienced the same success. I even built myself one and it is also still flying today. It's a great airplane and anyone who has anything negitive to say about it hasen't flown one.

Here is Jan "Sassy" Stout with Debby #1 moments after her solo flight. You may notice that the wind is blowing her hair straight back...yep...the day she soloed there were 20 mph winds...but that didn't stop her!