Shoestring |
K-10 x |
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Photo: Robert Deering
7/21/2018 Frontiers of Flight Museum Dallas, Texas |
The K-10 Shoestring
on display in the Museum was built by
Chip Lythe, named “Nobigthing,”
and first registered as NX24ML in 1972.
After several years, Dave Morss
rebuilt the aircraft and renamed it
“Woodstock,” where it competed in several
races during 1987. Purchased and
rebuilt for a third time by the
Doster/Rediker/Entriken race team,
the aircraft sported the name “Spud Runner”.
During a 1999 qualifying race, the aircraft
posted a 203 mph average speed over a 110
mile course. Unable to race the
aircraft, Davis donated it to the Museum,
where it remained unassembled in storage
until 2016. Museum volunteers, Ken Branscome
and Joe Swift, worked tirelessly to repair
and reassemble the aircraft for static
display. Volunteers Clint Haxton, Ron
McIntosh, and Charlie Viosca also spent many
hours helping Ken and Joe in the
restoration. In January of this year, the
restoration was complete, and in February
2018 the aircraft took to the skies once
again high above the Museum’s Main Gallery.
As a testament to the Shoestring’s 1949
design, variants of the aircraft are still
widely raced around the world today. SOURCE: Frontiers of Flight Museum |