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Davis DA-2 at Airventure 2008. Davis DA-2A. The Davis DA-2 is a light aircraft designed in the United States in the 1960s and was marketed for homebuilding. [1] While it is a low-wing monoplane of largely conventional design with fixed tricycle undercarriage, the DA-2 is given a distinctive appearance by its slab-like fuselage construction and its V-tail. [2]
Leeon D. Davis (March 9, 1930 – April 7, 2007) was an American aircraft designer, noted for his homebuilt aircraft. Davis started building aircraft models at the age of six. Davis graduated with a high school education and a correspondence course in drafting and engineering from the Ryan Aeronautical Institute.
Flivver 2A (Flivver 3218) The third prototype was larger with a 22 ft (6.7 m) wingspan, had a fabric-covered steel frame, featured wing struts, a 50-gallon fuel tank, a dihedral increase, and a custom 143-cubic-inch (2,340 cm 3) Ford designed, horizontally opposed two-cylinder engine using Wright Whirlwind components that produced 40-horsepower ...
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The Davis DA-5, a.k.a. DA-5A, is a single-seat sport aircraft designed in the United States in the 1970s and marketed for homebuilding. Like designer Leeon D. Davis 's successful DA-2 , it is a low-wing monoplane with fixed tricycle undercarriage and a V-tail , but with a much narrower fuselage accommodating only the pilot, and a lengthened nose.
Miles Davis' tombstone showing the first two measures of "Solar" "Solar" (/ ˈ s oʊ l ər / or / s oʊ ˈ l ɑːr / [citation needed]) is a composition written by Chuck Wayne and later recorded and copyrighted with small alterations by Miles Davis. It first appeared on Davis's 1954 album Miles Davis Quintet and is considered a modern jazz ...
"Set Him Free" is a song written by Skeeter Davis, Helen Moyer, and Marie Wilson. In 1959, Skeeter Davis recorded and released the song as a single for RCA Victor . "Set Him Free" was recorded in January 1959 at the RCA Victor Studio in Nashville, Tennessee , United States . [ 1 ]
The single failed to chart. "Set Him Free" was released as the second single in February 1959 and peaked at #5 on the Billboard Magazine Hot Country Songs chart, becoming Davis' first Top 10 hit. The third and final single was "Am I That Easy to Forget", which was released in January 1960.