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John Masterman was awarded the Grand Champian
Lightsport Airplane Award at the Tulsa Fly-In. Way
to go John.


From Stephen Muehlberg - Last Saturday, 25 September, I completed the 40 hour (Phase I) test program for my
amateur-built all wood and fabric Fisher Aero Corp. based Avenger. All the Phase I flights were uneventful and enjoyable.
The Avenger cruises about 65 mph @ 3200 rpm with a 56 x 24 wooden prop with an observed top speed of 75 mph. The
Avenger rotates between 35-40 mph and rate of climb is 300-400 fpm @ 50 mph. I can get 500 fpm @ 42 mph. The
Teledyne Continental designed 4AO84 has performed great so far and burns only 2-2.5 gallons an hour. My 6.75 gal fuel
tank gives me 2 hours of flight time with plenty of reserve. My longest flight so far was 1.6 hours. The photo was taken a
couple of weeks ago here at Cole Airpark by Nick Keepers-Phillips just before sunset. I hope to get in a few more hours
before winter sets in and the open cockpit gets a bit too cool to fly. It really is a blast to flight an open cockpit low and slow
airplane!