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Quickie aircraft corporation - the guys who made the quickie Q2 (based on a Rutan design) were sued out of existence back in the 80's. They had a fantastic pla
by spitfire 17y ago
Quickie aircraft corporation - the guys who made the quickie Q2 (based on a Rutan design) were sued out of existence back in the 80's.
They had a fantastic plane, fast, fuel efficient and affordable. Then someone died and their widow sued. They won the suit but the debt from defending crushed them.
- towndrunk 17y agoDo you have a link to that?
- lutorm 17y agoI looked around and found http://www.check-six.com/Crash_Sites/N82X-Jewett.htm http://www.check-six.com/Crash_Sites/N82X-Jewett.htm
- jeffcoat 17y agoThanks for the reference -- I hadn't heard that story. Definitely the nightmare of the small company selling kit planes or plans. (Edit: Aside from the nightmare of someone getting hurt and it actually being your fault. (I've written too many defects recently.))