Double Eagle, Leonard Milholland’s Double Eagle experimental aircraft kit.

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http://www.sportaviationmagazine.com – The Double Eagle Airplane is a "plans built" design powered by the widely available stock VW engine, that will carry 2 people with a useful load around 515 Lbs. It can be built and flown under the Light Sport Aircraft Category. This is a strong and simple airplane designed using traditional and proven aviation tubular steel technology. It is easy to build and there has developed around it a strong core of builders that offer help and support for building the aircraft. There is also a full kit developed by John Bolding in consultation with the designer that makes building this design even faster. Leonard built it as his 11th airplane project as an outgrowth of the need to have a trainer for his very popular Legal Eagle Ultralight. The Double Eagle started to form up in 2002 and was first widely seen at the 2003 Oshkosh show. A repeat performance in 2004 broadened its popularity, and many kits started out the door. "DE" is getting special treatment this year (2007) because of an invitation that Leonard Received from the EAA to display the Double Eagle this year at the Air Venture 2007 Air Show. It seems that EAA membership has been asking for an affordable Light Sport Aircraft and most others while fine airplanes tend to run upwards of $50,000. Since the Double Eagle can be certified in this category and costs under 10-12 thousand dollars (even paying retail, and getting some building help), it is very affordable the invite went out. The aircraft is sporting a new Culver prop and has many cosmetic improvements and tweaks this year in celebration of the event. Because the Legal Eagle and the Better Half VW engine tend to dominate the www.betterhalfvw.com website, I decided that this year the "DE" would get its own website and so www.DoubleEagleAirplane.com was born. I hope that all the visitors to this site will give this airplane the look it deserves as it is easy to fly and using auto gas is easy to prep and fuel for those that just want a quick flight around the patch, but has enough useful load that 14 gallons of fuel (10 under LSA), a portable radio and GPS can take you lots of places as well. The airplane is so light it is also easy to trailer (the wings remove simply) and having STOL characteristics can be flown from many flat areas that would barely support the moniker airport. In some ways it represents a fun return to the barnstorming days where you get to wear goggles and scarf, but in an airplane so strong that it is half the weight of most of its predecessors from that era. http://www.sportaviationmagazine.com Video and Audio content is Copyright © Sport Aviation Magazine. This video and audio material may not be reproduced in any form without written permission. Help support Sport Aviation Magazine by subscribing to our PAID subscription video magazine at http://www.sportaviationmagazine.com Thank You for your continued support! RELATED SEARCH TERMS: experimental aircraft, experimental amateurbuilt aircraft video, homebuilt aircraft, homebuilt aircraft kits, home built aircraft, homebuilt aircraft plans, sport aircraft, light sport aircraft, light sport aircraft kits, light sport aircraft for sale, light sport aircraft manufacturers, sport planes,sport aircraft, light sport planes, Light-sport Aircraft (Aircraft Type), Flying (Magazine), TAGS: Double Eagle, leonard milholland, legal eagle ultralight, double eagle, double eagle aircraft, double eagle aircraft for sale, double eagle aircraft builders, double eagle aircraft build time, double eagle airplane plans, double eagle airplane reviews, double eagle aircraft, double legal eagle aircraft, double eagle xl aircraft, Leonard Milholland, Legal Eagle, legal eagle ultralight, double eagle airplane youtube, double eagle airplane build http://www.sportaviationmagazine.com - Double Eagle, Leonard Milholland’s Double Eagle experimental aircraft kit. http://youtu.be/Rl1OyGyPnfE