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Welcome to the Kraemer Aviation \/ Flymall Wheels & Wings<\/a> January 2019 Newsletter.\u00a0 Lots of exciting items this month.\u00a0 Click here<\/a> for past newsletters.\u00a0 Click here for our January 2019 newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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This month we have some exciting news from Bravo Flight Training<\/a>.\u00a0 Bravo Flight Training<\/a> has expanded to KGAI.\u00a0 Harry’s friend Brenda has expanded her operation to include a flight school \/ office at the Montgomery County Airpark<\/a>.\u00a0 For years there has been a demand for a quality flight school at KGAI<\/a> and Bravo Flight Training has fulfilled this.<\/p>\n

Achievements & Special Recognition<\/strong>:\u00a0 For January 2019 we’re featuring the achievements of Mr. Harold Wagner.\u00a0 A few months ago we featured a radial engine Piper Cub<\/a>.\u00a0 This month we’re introducing you to a Piper Twin Cub.\u00a0 The Twin Cub was the\u00a0idea of Mr. Harold Wagner of the Wagner Aircraft Co.\u00a0 He wanted to create a simple and cheap twin engined SUV type aircraft and started experimenting with a PA18 Super Cub which he equipped with a second engine on top of the fuselage. The sports utility aircraft made its first flight on May 29, 1952 but tail flutter caused by the downthrust of the extra powerplant meant that the Twin Super Cub project had to be ended prematurely after only 8 hrs of flight time, after which the Super Cub was returned to stock configuration.\u00a0 Mr. Wagner’s second attempt produced the Twin Cub. It consisted of a J-3 Cub and a PA-11 Cub Coupe fuselage mounted side-by-side using a small wing center section and central tailplane. The outer wing panels and tailplane were standard components. Because of the close proximity of the fuselages, only the righthand one could be occupied by a pilot and passenger, the lefthand fuselage serving only the purpose of engine mounting. The aircraft had no propeller synchronizing. The props rotating in different planes\u00a0 to prevent hitting each other.\u00a0 It is claimed that flight qualities were just great, even with one engine out.\u00a0 Even though the purchase price was said to be about half of a regular twin engined aircraft, the Twin Cub remained a one-off and Mr. Wagner turned his attention to the Twin Tri-Pacer, where he bolted two engines to the nose of an otherwise standard Piper PA-22 Tri-Pacer.\u00a0 None of the Wagner conversions achieved commercial success and both the Twin Cub and Twin Tri-Pacer returned to standard configuration.\u00a0 Mr. Wagner does deserve some special recognition for his achievement and his vision to produce an inexpensive light twin aircraft.<\/p>\n

Aviation\/Aviators in the news<\/strong>: Derek Piggott, a well know and award winning\u00a0glider pilot passed away on January 6 2019.\u00a0 Derek was the first person to make an officially authenticated take-off and flight in a man-powered aircraft.\u00a0 Click here for more info on Derek<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here’s an interesting video that has been making its way around Facebook.\u00a0 A touch and go in mid flight.<\/p>\n