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UndertheRadar Stories by Norm Goyer

Round, Radial and Rotary Engines Times Two

By:      Norm Goyer Immediately after the 2012 Sun ‘n Fun gang packed up their tents and went home, the mail started arriving. In essence, most of the mail concerned a display or forum many had attended at Lakeland and it … Continue reading

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Parasite Aircraft aka Composite Aircraft

By:      Norm Goyer The lack of effective range has hampered fighter  protection for bombers throughout all wars. The small pursuits and fighters simply were not able to fly protection for the long range bombers until late in World War II … Continue reading

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Aircraft Noses as Artist’s Canvases

By:      Norm Goyer There are books, films, videos and Internet sites galore detailing the sometimes crass, obscene, humorous, in honor of wives, girlfriends, maybe boyfriends, emblazoned on the nose of training aircraft, fighter aircraft bombers of all sizes, and yes, … Continue reading

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The RV Family of Outstanding Homebuilts

By:      Norm Goyer “Richard VanGrunsven created all the RV homebuilt kits starting with an RV-1 from a single example of a Stits SA-3 Playboy modified with a 125 hp Lycoming engine and a custom wing” Now that you have read the RV Birth … Continue reading

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Beechcraft Musketeer, Beech on a Budget

By:      Norm Goyer I want to thank Wikipedia for supplying the history and technical facts for this column. NG I am basing this column strictly on my own personal likes and dislikes, it isn’t fair, but it is what I … Continue reading

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