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The Stits DS-1 Baby Bird is a homebuilt aircraft built to achieve a "world's smallest" status. The Baby Bird is in the Guinness Book of World Records as the “Smallest Airplane in the World.” as of 1984. The title was later defined as "world's smallest monoplane" to acknowledge Robert H. Starr's Bumble Bee II as the world's smallest biplane. [1]
Ray Stits designed 14 different homebuilt aircraft kits that were some of the first available to the general public built in quantity. [2] Stits is also known to the general public as the maker of the Stits Junior, Stits SA-2A Sky Baby, [3] and Stits Baby Bird, each of which was once the world's smallest aircraft. [4]
According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the Bumble Bee II crashed and was destroyed during its 3rd flight on May 5, 1988. [1] At 400 feet of altitude, [6] the engine failed on a down-wind leg. [7] The crash destroyed the Bumble Bee II and severely injured Robert Starr, [1] who made a full recovery. [6]
The flight paths were all essentially straight; turns were not attempted. Each flight ended in a bumpy and unintended landing. The last flight, by Wilbur, covered 852 ft (260 m) in 59 seconds, much longer than each of the three previous flights of 120, 175 and 200 feet (37, 53 and 61 m) in 12, 12, and 15 seconds respectively.
The book was a sleeper hit; the first edition in 1970 was only 3,000 copies and it would take two years before reaching number one on the New York Times Bestseller List. [2] " Not a single magazine or newspaper — including The New York Times Book Review — so much as mentioned" the book when it first came out, The Times reported in 1972. [ 2 ]
Image source: Getty Images. 1. Lockheed Martin. After its stock price reached an all-time high earlier this year, Lockheed Martin and its defense contractor peers have sold off considerably over ...
USPTO trading card featuring Bird. Forrest Morton Bird (June 9, 1921 – August 2, 2015) was an American aviator, inventor, and biomedical engineer.He is best known for having created some of the first reliable mass-produced mechanical ventilators for acute and chronic cardiopulmonary care.
These easy New Year's appetizer recipes, like fondue bites and shrimp cocktail, will keep the party going all night as you ring in New Year 2025.