The Quikkit

Quikkit

Quikkit is a manufacturer of kitplanes located in Dallas, Texas. The firm was founded in 1992 by Tom Scott to market the Glass Goose amphibious aircraft, a substantially revised version of the Aero Composites Sea Hawker design that Scott purchased the rights to after the previous manufacturer...

 Glass Goose is a two-seat biplane

Biplane

A biplane is a fixed-wing aircraft with two superimposed main wings. The Wright brothers' Wright Flyer used a biplane design, as did most aircraft in the early years of aviation. While a biplane wing structure has a structural advantage, it produces more drag than a similar monoplane wing...

 amphibious aircraft

Amphibious aircraft

An amphibious aircraft or amphibian is an aircraft that can take off and land on either land or water. Fixed-wing amphibious aircraft are seaplanes that are equipped with retractable wheels, at the expense of extra weight and complexity, plus diminished range and fuel economy compared to planes...

 marketed for homebuilding

Homebuilt aircraft

Also known as amateur-built aircraft or kit planes, homebuilt aircraft are constructed by persons for whom this is not a professional activity. These aircraft may be constructed from "scratch," from plans, or from assembly kits.-Overview:...

. It was designed by Garry LeGare in 1982

1982 in aviation

This is a list of aviation-related events from 1982:-January:* January 8 - The Airbus A300 is certified, becoming the first wide-body airliner with cockpit accommodations for only two to be certified....

 and sold through his firm Aero Gare

Aero Gare

Aero Gare was a kitplane manufacturer founded by Gary LeGare in Mojave, California to marketed the Sea Hawker amphibious aircraft. It sold all rights to the design to Aero Composites in 1986....

 as the Sea Hawk and, later, Sea Hawker. LeGare sold the rights to the aircraft to Aero Composites

Aero Composites

Aero Composites was a kitplane manufacturer based in Fulton, Illinois. It marketed the Sea Hawker amphibious aircraft between 1986 and 1988. It sold all rights to the design to Aero Composite Technologies....

 in 1986

1986 in aviation

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, which sold them again two years later

1988 in aviation

This is a list of aviation-related events from 1988:-January:* January 26 – The French Ministry of Defense approves full-scale development of the Dassault Rafale.* January 30 – A Boeing 747 sets a new around-the-world record of 36 hours 54 minutes....

 to the (unrelated) Aero Composite Technologies

Aero Composite Technologies

Aero Composite Technologies was a kitplane manufacturer based in Somerset, Pennsylvania. It purchased the rights to the Sea Hawker amphibious aircraft from Aero Composites in 1988 and marketed them for a short time before being forced into receivership amidst bad publicity that the design had...

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During the 1990s, the Sea Hawker earned a bad reputation amongst homebuilders due to a number of serious accidents involving the type. In particular, the aircraft was prone to losing wings. Investigations for the NTSB revealed weakness in the spar design, but also pointed out ambiguity in the assembly instructions that made builders unaware of the fact that the wings as supplied in the kits had peel ply panels that needed to be removed before bonding the spar with the wing spar caps. As a result, many builders had bonded the peel ply to the aircraft instead, vastly reducing the strength of the assembly. Aero Composites Limited was eventually put into receivership, but the Sea Hawker assets were purchased in 1992

1992 in aviation

This is a list of aviation-related events from 1992:-Events:*The European Commission approves three new regulations to liberalize air travel within the European Union...

 by Tom Scott

Tom Scott

Tom Scott may refer to:*Tom Scott , New Zealand cartoonist*Tom Scott , member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame*Tom Scott , coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels basketball program...

, who had been publishing a newsletter for fellow builders on overcoming the shortcomings and dangers of the original design. Quikkit was founded to sell kits that incorporated his revisions, and the aircraft was renamed the Glass Goose, after Scott's original Sea Hawker that he had built in 1986.

On Display

The protoype Sea Hawk was donanted to the EAA AirVenture Museum

EAA AirVenture Museum

The EAA AirVenture Museum is a museum dedicated to the preservation and display of historical and experimental aircraft located in Oshkosh, Wisconsin adjacent to the Wittman Regional Airport. Paul Poberezny proposed the idea of the EAA Air Museum-Air Education center in August 1958. The current...

 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin

Oshkosh, Wisconsin

As of the census of 2000, there were 62,916 people, 24,082 households, and 13,654 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,662.2 people per square mile . There were 25,420 housing units at an average density of 1,075.6 per square mile...

by Garry LeGare in 1986

General characteristics

• Crew: one pilot
• Capacity: 1 passenger
• Length: 19 ft 6 in (5.95 m)
• Wingspan: 27 ft 0 in (8.23 m)
• Height: 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m)
• Wing area: 151 ft² (14.0 m²)
• Empty: 900 lb (408 kg)
• Loaded: lb ( kg)
• Maximum takeoff: 1,800 lb (816 kg)
• Powerplant: various in the 160-180 hp range (120-135 kW)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 160 mph (257 km/h)
• Range: 1,100 miles (1,770 km)
• Service ceiling: 12,000 ft (3,659 m)
• Rate of climb: 1,200 ft/min (366 m/min)
• Wing loading: lb/ft² ( kg/m²)
• Power/Mass: hp/lb ( kW/kg)

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