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  2. Quad City Challenger - Wikipedia

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    Challenger I (Challenger UL) Single seat, 31.5 ft (9.6 m) wingspan gives lower stall speed. Can be fitted with a variety of engines. Qualifies as a US "Experimental - Amateur-Built", Light sport aircraft or with the 22 hp (16 kW) Hirth F-33 engine as a US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicle, 800 reported completed and flown by the fall of 2011.

  3. Excalibur Aircraft Excalibur - Wikipedia

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    The Excalibur was designed as "clone" [1] of the Quad City Challenger II aircraft. The company took the basic Challenger design and incorporated many changes, including mounting the engine upright allowing larger propellers and the Rotax gearbox to be mounted, lengthening the tailboom and enlarging the tail vertical surface to increase stability, shortening the ailerons and replacing control ...

  4. Challenger II - Wikipedia

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    Challenger II may refer to: Challenger 2, British main battle tank; Quad City Challenger II, ultralight aircraft; Challenger II, a microcomputer manufactured by Ohio Scientific in 1977; Challenger II, the American registration name for racehorse and leading sire Challenger (horse)

  5. Challenger accident shapes new wave of passenger spaceships - AOL

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    Since the Challenger explosion, a new generation of spaceships continues to build on changes made after NASA's fatal accident. Challenger accident shapes new wave of passenger spaceships Skip to ...

  6. Photographer who captured horrifying images of Challenger ...

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    Bruce Weaver, a Florida-based photographer who captured a definitive image of space shuttle Challenger breaking apart into plumes of smoke and fire after liftoff, has died. Working as a freelance ...

  7. Pterodactyl Ascender - Wikipedia

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    The aircraft in the background is a Quad City Challenger II. The Pterodactyl Ascender is a family of U.S. designed and built ultralight aircraft that were sold in kit form between 1979 and 1984 under Pterodactyl Limited and is currently being sold by DFE Ultralights.

  8. List of accidents and incidents involving general aviation

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    Jacob later posted a video of the event on YouTube, provoking controversy among members of the aviation community who believed that the crash was staged. [ 85 ] [ 86 ] [ 87 ] The FAA revoked Jacob's pilot certificate in 2022 after determining that he crashed the aircraft for the sole purpose of filming it.

  9. Challenger accident shapes new wave of passenger spaceships - AOL

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    Since the Challenger explosion, a new generation of spaceships continues to build on changes made after NASA's fatal accident. Since the Challenger explosion, a new generation of spaceships ...