Airplanista 🇺🇦 on Nostr: This hour's random desktop background on my #MacbookPro is this shot of Mike Patey's ...
This hour's random desktop background on my #MacbookPro is this shot of Mike Patey's "Scrappy" which has to be one of the coolest airplanes flying today.
And yes, those are MOTORCYCLES hanging off the wings. You can do this when you have 600HP from an eight-cylinder Lycoming out front spinning a gigantic prop.
If you want to dive deeper into the backstory of this incredible one-off airplane, AOPA has a great article:
https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2021/july/29/scrappy-comes-to-life-at-airventure
#avgeeks #aviation #airplanes #STOL
And yes, those are MOTORCYCLES hanging off the wings. You can do this when you have 600HP from an eight-cylinder Lycoming out front spinning a gigantic prop.
If you want to dive deeper into the backstory of this incredible one-off airplane, AOPA has a great article:
https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2021/july/29/scrappy-comes-to-life-at-airventure
#avgeeks #aviation #airplanes #STOL