AIRSHOW AT HEBER CITY UT AIRPORT

 

On Sept. 3 our hosts, Jerry and Nancy Grout, flew us in their Beechcraft Bonanza plane from Ogden UT to  an air show in nearby Heber City. Here are some of the unusual planes there.

Our party near a Chinese trainer.

Jerry Grout admiring the painting on the aircraft.

 

This experimental pusher plane has its main wing near the rear.

When the pilot is out of the plane, the front landing gear is retracted so it will rest on its nose rather than on the heavy engine at the rear.

Here is another pusher plane in the experimental class. It can be built from a kit of parts or, at a higher price, a kit with many parts pre-assembled.

 

Here is a nicely painted aerobatic plane. This model can be configured as a one seater or as a two seater.

This plane, used as an advanced trainer by a nearby flying school, is powered by two diesel fueled engines. While there were no examples at the show, I learned that some airplanes are powered by electricity from batteries.

This is a basket case project – an Antonov AN-2 single engine plane built in Russia and used as a workhorse for agriculture and mining. It is a biplane with the upper wing attached to the top of the fuselage. The group rebuilding it has all of the main parts, and the next phase is to rebuild the motor.

Luscombe Silvare, the first plane in which I had a ride when I was 5 or 6 years old.

This is a Cessna which has been modified by removing the piston engine and extending the nose to accommodate a turbine engine powered by jet fuel.

We are  in front of our hosts’ Bonanza upon our return to the Ogden airport.