From L'Air Revue 1949,
here is a two-seat shoulder-wing light Dutch Airplane,maybe remained a Project,designed by Mr. Koekebakker in 1949,powered by one 65 hp Continental Pusher engine,does anyone hear about it before ?.
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From L'Air Revue 1949,
here is a two-seat shoulder-wing light Dutch Airplane,maybe remained a Project,designed by Mr. Koekebakker in 1949,powered by one 65 hp Continental Pusher engine,does anyone hear about it before ?.
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I found something on Herman Dekker's website:
Difoga 471
Na betrokken te zijn geweest bij het ontwerp en de bouw van de Difoga 421 (PH-NAG) ontwierp H. Koekebakker samen met Ing. J. Weyer
een licht sportvliegtuig dat er wel enigszins op leek.
Het had echter één staartboom en er zouden delen van de Piper Cub (vleugel, onderstel en staartsectie) bij gebruikt worden.
De productie-versie, de Difoga 481, zou in details verschillen maar er werd helemaal niets gebouwd.
After having been involved in the design and building of the Difoga 421 (PH-NAG) H Koekebakker and engineer J. Weyer designed a light sport plane which looked a bit similar, but with only one tailboom. Piper Cub parts (wing, landing gear and tail) would be used. The production version would be the Difoga 481 but nothing was built.
At first I thought it was a joke, Koekebakker means 'broddle'r' in Dutch.
Laatst gewijzigd door Fogg; 12 december 2019 om 22:12
And here you see were the Piper parts would come from
Koekebakker was the 'unexperienced' pilot.
Many thanks to you my dear Fogg.