Hi All,...

I just wanted to ask,... is anyone familiar with the pattern ship "Mama Mia" designed by Joe Bridi in 1980?? It was actually published as a construction article in the November 1980 issue of Model Builder magazine.

This design seemed to be ahead of its time, as it was nearly what we now consider a ""wide body" fuselage. At nearly six inches wide it certainly has some girth!! Although it lacks a traditional canopy and turtle deck, it still had the fiberglass canopy/pipe tunnel mounted on top of the fuselage. Sporting a wing area of 975 squares and a fuselage length of 70 1/2 inches this is alot more than a 60 size airplane!! Although the wing span is only 65 inches, the wing chord is immense to make up those 975 squares.

Was wondering if anyone considered building one of these with a modern power plant to see how this design would hold up against the latest and greatest pattern designs of today?

Just something to think about.

Signed,
Steve T.
Monson, Massachusetts