N37TP A/W Inspection complete

[tommg13780]

After almost 3 years of on and off effort my Model 4 speedster has been approved for flying. This airplane was the factory demonstrator back in 1992 with N91KS as the original tail number. It's also the Speedster that was flown for Aerobatic shows by Jimmy Franklin. When Skystar sold it they changed the tail number to 194KS and it went from one owner to another suffering a small accident and then becoming dismantled, engine sold, and stripped of all fabric. I found it January 2012 from the previous owner who was in upstate New York. Now all I need is a warm day (above freezing would be satisfactory) and the phase 1 fly off gets started. This is my first build and probably the last.
N37TP
model 4-1200 with all speedster mods
912/80hp rotax
IVO Ground adjustable prop
Grove gear
around 1300 hours build time, 35 months intermittent.
I need to get a photo and update my avatar which is currently a model 2.

[kitfoxnick]

Congratulations

[t j]

That's the plane I took a demo ride in 1994 with Skystar's demo pilot Patrick Rediker. He showed me some pretty exciting maneuvers.

It's good to know it has a new life!

[Spook712]

Very cool and pictures are highly welcome

[airlina]

Thats great Tom, good to have another Kitfox in the New York Squadron, especially one with such great history. Many Kitfox dreams started by watching the late, great, Jimmy Franklin put your speedster through its paces. Hope to see it at the Penn Yann fly in this summer. I'm up the road in western NY with my Series 5. Have fun! Bruce N199CL

[cubtractor]

Congratulations!