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Larry Smith's Back Yard Flyer features lightweight welded aluminum tube
construction, a Volkswagen engine with a belt drive, and amazing STOL
performance. www.culverprops.com/BackYardFlyerUL.html.
Belite creator James Wiebe fl ew this single-cylinder, Polini-powered Belite
ProCub ultralight to AirVenture 2014 all the way from Wichita, Kansas. Here's a
video of his fl ight. www.beliteaircraft.com
The foam and carbon fi ber Belite ProCub ultralight can be fl own without the
optional turtledeck, but it diminishes the Cub-like styling.
This 2005 Quad City Challenger II on fl oats, built by Tom Scully of New Lisbon,
Wisconsin, returned to AirVenture after winning the light-sport Honorable
Mention plaque in 2013.
The Skyreach BushCat from Africa is available as a special light-sport aircraft, an
experimental light-sport aircraft, or as an experimental amateur-built kit.
http://aerosportplanes.com
Powered paraglider pilot John Vining with a GoPro chase camera in tow.