Experienced homebuilt aircraft builder Cliff Johnston of Hastings purchased an Alpi 300 kit but he thought the standard undercarriage had too narrow a track. The standard Alpi 300 has main undercarriage legs that retract outwards (like a Spitfire) but Cliff modified his aircraft to locate the undercarriage legs further outboard and to retract inwards (like a Mustang). This required substantial redesign and stress calculations. Because of this major re-design Alpi Aviation in Italy were not happy to have it called an Alpi 300 so Cliff named his aircraft as a Jay Hawk.
ZK-CWJ3 (c/n 221) was registered to Cliff Johnston at Hastings on 24/8/09. It is photo'd above at the 2014 SAANZ flyin at Hastings, on 7/3/14. You can se the inward facing main undercarriage wheels in the photo.
Cliff has previously built Piel Emeraude ZK-CBH, TEAM Mini Max ZK-JRC, Johnston Sky Bird ZK-JFT and he also rebuilt the Piper Commanche ZK-CWJ2.
Cliff has previously built Piel Emeraude ZK-CBH, TEAM Mini Max ZK-JRC, Johnston Sky Bird ZK-JFT and he also rebuilt the Piper Commanche ZK-CWJ2.
common kiwi sense as usual bobby rout invercargill
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