Quikkit Glass Goose
{{short description|Two-seat biplane amphibious kit aircraft}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2022}}
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| image=File:Aero Gare Seahawk.jpg
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| type=Amateur-built aircraft
| national_origin=United States
| manufacturer=Quikkit
| designer=Tom Scott
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| introduction=1982
| retired=
| status=Production completed (2013)
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The Quikkit Glass Goose is an American two-seat biplane amphibious aircraft, designed by Tom Scott and marketed for homebuilding by Quikkit of Dallas, Texas.{{Citation | last = Purdy | first = Don | title = AeroCrafter – Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook | edition = 5th | page = 231 | publisher = BAI Communications | date = 15 July 1998 | isbn = 0-9636409-4-1}}.
The Glass Goose is based on the earlier Sea Hawker, which was designed by Garry LeGare in 1982 and sold through his firm Aero Gare as the Sea Hawk and, later, Sea Hawker. LeGare sold the rights to the aircraft to Aero Composites in 1986, which sold them again two years later to (unrelated) Aero Composite Technologies.{{Citation | last1 = Bayerl | first1 = Robby | first2 = Martin | last2 = Berkemeier | others = et al | title = World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011–12 | journal = World Directory of Light Aviation | page = 116 | publisher = WDLA | place = Lancaster, UK | year = 2011 | issn = 1368-485X}}.Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015–16, p. 121. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. {{ISSN|1368-485X}}
Design and development
Tom Scott purchased a Sea Hawker kit in October 1984 and completed the aircraft in March 1986, constructing the aircraft according to the plans. He was not happy with the resulting aircraft and over five years incorporated improvements to address performance and stability shortcomings. The final design has more wing area, a larger hull surface and improved pylon aerodynamics, plus many other improvements. This redesign became the Glass Goose kit.
The Glass Goose features a cantilever biplane layout, without interplane struts, a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit under a bubble canopy, retractable tricycle landing gear and a single engine in pusher configuration.
The aircraft is made from composites. Its {{convert|27|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} span wing has an area of {{convert |12|m2|sqft|abbr=on}}. Standard engines used are {{convert|160|to|185|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Lycomings, although the eight-cylinder {{convert|180|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Jabiru 5100 and Mazda Wankel engines have also been employed.
In 2013, Kitplanes Magazine reported that they could not reach the Quikkit Division of Rainbow Flyers, Inc., the Glass Goose kit manufacturer, so they considered the design unavailable.Bernard, Mary: [https://www.kitplanes.com/2013-kit-aircraft-buyers-guide/ 2013 Kit Aircraft Buyer’s Guide,] October 18, 2012, Kitplanes Magazine, retrieved July 4, 2023
Specifications (Glass Goose)
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References
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External links
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.glassgoose.com/ Official website archives] on Archive.org
- [https://www.kitplanes.com/buyers-guide/glass-goose/ "Glass Goose"], Buyer's Guide, in Kitplanes Magazine
- [https://www.eaa.org/eaa/aircraft-building/kits-and-plans/r---s/sea-hawk-sea-hawker-glass-goose "Sea Hawk / Sea Hawker / Glass Goose,"] EAA (summary data and index of related articles in EAA publications).
- [https://www.eaa838.org/builder-s-projects "Builder: Wayne Peach; Aircraft: Sea Hawker / Glass Goose"], in "Projects", in "Builder's Projects", EAA Chapter 838.
Category:Single-engined pusher aircraft