Leonard Milholland was at Airventure 2003
with his Double Eagle. The Double Eagle is a two seat side by side seating
version of the popular Legal Eagle Leonard introduced at Sun N Fun several
years ago.
Weight 385 lbs
Wing Span 28' 3"
Wing Cord 55"
Wing Area 127 sq.ft.
Fuselage 18'
Height 6' 8"
Gross weight 900 lbs.
Useful Load 515 lbs. |
According to Leonard a "large friend" approached him to
build a plane for him, the result was the Double Eagle. The Double Eagle
has a 20 foot larger wing, which has been stressed to 4 g's., has larger
diameter struts and spars and uses a 4 cylinder, 1835 cc, 60 hp
Volkswagen engine.
The craft is 40 inches wide comes with dual controls,
has an empty weight of 385 lbs a gross of 900 lbs giving it a useful load
of 515 lbs.
Leonard offers plans for the plane for $75.00. For that
you get 85 sheets of 8 1/2 x 11 sheets. He also offers 5 building videos
at $25.00 each, or $200 for plans and the videos. These take you through
the complete building process. It is estimated the plane should take about
500 hours to build from plans and cost in the neighborhood of $5,000 to
$7,000 to build.
As of August 2003, there is only one Double Eagle flying
- two more are under construction.
John Bolding of Baytown Texas 281-383-0113 is offering
welded fuselages, kits, and materials packages. |
