Checkerboard Air Classic trainer kit

by Dave Carroll
(Hampton, Iowa)

Classic with boots

Designed and kitted by Allen Flowers, this may be one of the hardest to find trainer kits available.
It may also be one of the best flying trainers ever made.

Best engineered kit I have ever seen and the kit was a blast to build. It goes together like no other.

I installed an OS SF .46 pumper and it flies like a dream, the plane is fast if you want it, but this plane would love to have a .61 mounted.
It can handle anything you can throw at it.

I installed a set of Dubro skis and they work great for winter flying. It also handles well with regular gear in the summer.

Slows to a crawl to land, yet fast in flight with a semi- symmetrical wing.

If you can find one, grab it before I do!
The new guys love flying this one, as it is one sweet flying plane.

Enjoy the sport,
Dave

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Pretty Slick!
by: Matt

Wow Dave,

That's pretty slick. Never seen one of those before! I Googled "Allen Flowers" and found nothing bud flower shops, lol. Who is Allen Flowers?

I've never tried skis before. It hardly ever snows around here anymore...

The nose is very interesting. Is that cowling made from balsa? Kinda like having enclosed cheeks? Have any close-ups of that?

Matt