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7 Roger
fatcharlieuk Offline Send Email
Jun 14, 2009
5:47 pm
Hey all, I'm 6ft 3ins and 15 stones. The carrying capacity of Fred appears ok: Empty weight 550lbs Pilot 15st 210lbs Fuel 5 gals...
8 Pastor Mike Townsley
fredplane Offline Send Email
Jun 14, 2009
8:37 pm
Charlie, Where do you live at? I bet FRED is alot of fun! Mike in Iowa...
9 doyleshoover Offline Send Email Jun 15, 2009
12:41 pm
To All: A few years ago... about 75 of them... America's CAA (which morphed into the FAA) came up with 'Joe'. Joe was the Average American, according to the...
10 Roger
fatcharlieuk Offline Send Email
Jun 16, 2009
1:29 pm
Hi Mike in Iowa! I'm a bit far from you - I hail from Britain, but currently live in the South of France where I work as a yacht Captain. Hi Mr. Hoover - yes...
11 doyleshoover Offline Send Email Jun 17, 2009
12:44 pm
... Dear Roger (and the Group), I understand and agree completely. But when the F.R.E.D. is examined as a SYSTEM it is unfortunate that we allow minor details...
12 Jim
jimeuropa1 Offline Send Email
Jul 29, 2009
11:51 pm
Can someone post a materials list for FRED? Thanks, Jim...
13 rickcoy Offline Send Email Sep 4, 2009
2:07 am
Phil, I have the VMax plans and completed the empennage, so I'm curious about your question. Did you ever get a reply? Rick San Francisco Bay Area...
14 rickcoy Offline Send Email Sep 4, 2009
2:08 am
Greetings all, I just joined the list and wanted to say hi. I'm located in the San Francisco Bay Area and have some modest building experience with the VMax,...
15 rickcoy Offline Send Email Sep 6, 2009
2:00 am
I ran across this article while doing a search on Eric Clutton. Does anyone have an update? (I've emailed doctordiesel@..., but get no reply.) Rick Pilot...
16 mattnaiva Offline Send Email Sep 6, 2009
2:07 am
Eric is fine! FRED too. I email him quarterly and just received a note last night. This "news" below is two years old FRED has been mended and Eric's scrapes...
17 rickcoy Offline Send Email Sep 7, 2009
12:22 am
Matt, That's great news, thanks. And I'm glad to hear from someone in the group. Tell me, things seem pretty quiet around here -- is ANYONE building a Fred?...
18 Bart Montgomery
rickcoy Offline Send Email
Sep 8, 2009
3:28 am
Thanks, Phil. My friend Tom Anderson, who will be joining the group shortly, has a set of Fred plans he'll let me review so I can decide if I want to purchase....
19 rickcoy Offline Send Email Sep 14, 2009
11:53 pm
Yeah, that's what's perplexing me about this design -- where are the builders? Perhaps Eric could answer a question or two via snail mail, but his email is...
20 Pastor Mike Townsley
fredplane Offline Send Email
Sep 15, 2009
4:04 am
I think the reason the FRED was so popular over in the UK and not here was for one reason mostly. Ecomomy. It is much more expensive to have a hanger and to...
21 rickcoy Offline Send Email Sep 15, 2009
7:07 pm
Thanks for responding, Pastor Mike. Undoubtedly regulations in the UK offer builders special challenges; I've ordered Eric's book and expect it will highlight...
22 Pastor Mike Townsley
fredplane Offline Send Email
Sep 15, 2009
9:47 pm
I think the Flitzer guys put up alot of their web stuff on this website: http://www.flitzerbiplane.com/Pictures.shtml? Pastor Mike PS... Geocities is ending in...
23 Matt Naiva
mattnaiva Offline Send Email
Sep 15, 2009
10:09 pm
Dear Rick and Group. Thank you for your kind words. I have been remiss as moderator not chiming in more work responsibilities quadrupled about the time I...
24 thomas anderson
twa3372809 Offline Send Email
Sep 17, 2009
1:05 am
RICK I am in Arkansas now and will be in the vicinity of MS, AL and TN.  Is there something to see FRED-wise in TN over the weekend??  Tom Anderson   ... ...
25 mattnaiva Offline Send Email Sep 17, 2009
1:08 am
Tom, Eric Clutton lives in Tullahoma Tn. Once he has the original FRED flying again it would be ideal if someone near by could pay him a visit with a digital...
26 rickcoy Offline Send Email Sep 17, 2009
5:30 pm
You gotta get Eric's book. I'm only a few pages into it, but he talks about living in England during the Blitz and all the aircraft at a local airfield where...
27 mattnaiva Offline Send Email Sep 17, 2009
11:21 pm
Very hard to put down. Worth every penny! Here Eric is spinning a few stories from the War on EAA's timeless voices. ...
28 Rick
rickcoy Offline Send Email
Oct 13, 2009
8:53 pm
I recently got some of my FRED questions answered by a builder in the UK and thought I'd share them with the group: Did you divert from the plans? I only...
29 twa3372809 Offline Send Email Dec 14, 2009
11:40 pm
In September while in Huntsville AL on business, I needed to stay over the weekend to be in Huntsville on Monday. I went to see Eric at Tullahoma. I was able...
30 Mark Worsham
volaire10 Offline Send Email
Dec 15, 2009
1:53 am
I found an NTSB that indicates it happened last February. To: FlyingRunaboutExperimentalDesign@yahoogroups.com From: twa3372809@... Date: Mon, 14 Dec...
31 thomas anderson
twa3372809 Offline Send Email
Dec 15, 2009
5:08 am
By September Eric had the damage repaired.   Tom Anderson ... From: Mark Worsham <tri_pacer135@...> Subject: RE: [FlyingRunaboutExperimentalDesign] Re:...
33 mattnaiva Offline Send Email Jan 9, 2010
7:30 pm
I found these two sites staring a new FRED G-USTY http://xm424.com/news.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RPIzqjJ5_E...
34 Pastor Mike Townsley
fredplane Offline Send Email
Jan 10, 2010
3:41 am
Matt, The link didn't work for me... Mike...
35 Matt Naiva
mattnaiva Offline Send Email
Jan 10, 2010
4:21 am
Mike it appears your Original FRED website is down also. Did you move the content? http://www.geocities.com/fredplane/ The link does not work for me now either...
36 Pastor Mike Townsley
fredplane Offline Send Email
Jan 11, 2010
2:54 am
Matt, I had so much going on my plate I did not move the website. I will ck on the link you sent. Thanks Pastor Mike...
37 Pastor Mike Townsley
fredplane Offline Send Email
Jan 11, 2010
2:57 am
Gusty looks like a well done plane! Do you know of Any videos of a flying FRED? Mike On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 8:54 PM, Pastor Mike Townsley <...
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