Show made Home craft draws Ns lookers questions at holiday air show Yes it flies And quickly too The sleek and odd looking craft at- at attracted attracted many lookers on-lookers and questions as it sat on the tarmac at Vernal Municipal Airport during the Labor Day air show It attracted many more glances as it zipped overhead later The craft is called a very easy ac- ac according according cording to its owner Diane Dickey of Salt Lake City She and husband Shirl built the plane after purchasing plans from a Mojave Calif designer Mrs Dickey believes about are flying but only three or four others out of Utah They made the plane out of fiberglass and foam Only the and the lining around the edge of the cockpit were made of wood she said The engine has power horsepower It cruises at mph and flies at top speed at mph And it has a range of 1000 miles on 33 gallons of gas Weve been using auto fuel and its it's cheap said Mrs Dickey She said her very easy flies easier than a conventional airplane because it itis Itis is stall proof Its a lot more stable and maneuverable It doesn't stop it just bops along The Dickeys paid for the plans and paid for the materials They dont don't come to your door and put a big box in your yard and say Heres the plane You order the materials she said Its been tested to 15 Gs The glide ratio is about 15 to 1 1 The normal cruis- cruis cruising cruising ing altitude is around feet flown them up to she added The Dickeys won first place Monday in the spot landing and toilet paper competitions In In the latter event a plane tries to fly through a roll of toilet toile paper dropped by another plane They can easily do their own maintenance said Mrs Dickey The craft rests on its nose She tried to keep spectators tors from leaning on the craft to prevent asphalt from scraping the nose You just lift it up crank down the nose gear take off and crank it back up |