Updated Oct 11, 2006:
On Aug 7, 2006 "Blonde Streak" was completely destroyed by
fire after an electrical malfunction in the starter circuit. Details of the fire
and the events leading up to it as well as the awful pictures are located
here. The picture to the right is how I'd like to
remember her and I'll continue to host these pages as long as practical as an
aid to others currently in the process of building one of these fabulous
airplanes.
You can see how I built Cozy MK-IV -- N309BD, aka.
"Blonde Streak", by selecting Chapter Summaries from the menu above. This
section is broken down by chapters from the plans and you can easily see how the
aircraft is constructed. Each chapter has a description of the building steps
and a number of pictures to help visualize how it's done.
Final completion of the plane
occurred on July 31, 2004. A week later I was off with my oldest daughter for a
flight to New Jersey. To see details of that flight and all
of the places Blonde Streak has flown to, visit the "Places"
link.
The "Continuous
Improvements" section details changes I made to the plane
after final construction.
I nicknamed my Cozy "Blonde Streak"
as it seemed appropriate for a mostly
white airplane that streaks thru the sky...usually hauling a few of my 4 female
family members (all blondes, by the way) in the process. Here are three of those
blondes with "Blonde Streak" after arrival at the
Copperstate 2005 fly-in.
I've also added a new section to the web site
devoted to a man I never met, but have recently researched. The man is Charles F. Walsh
and he was an early aviation pioneer. Most of this new section is a series of photographic
negatives that I have had come into my possession that I had digitally scanned. I hope you
enjoy the pictures of one of the earliest canard aviators here.
