Do You Know
- What name was given to the cabin?
- Why was it given that name?
- How many people lived in the Gaede-80 cabin over the past 43 years?
Find out the answers
Did You Know that Naomi's brother-in-law, Roger Rupp ("roop") builds experimental aircraft? Answer below...
Roger is the owner of Roger Rupp Aircraft Service in Soldotna, Alaska, on the Kenai Peninsula. As though it isn't enough to spend time in his hangar repairing aircraft, he has spent discretionary time building a Rutan-designed Defiant, a Stolp Starduster Too, and a RV-6.
Then, like a stray dog abandoned in the country, an un-airworthy 150 Piper PA-22 150 Tri-Pacer found its way onto the Gaede 80 airstrip in front of Roger's shop and sat there for several years. After awhile, Roger started imagining modifications for the old critter, and the rest is a Cinderella story of The Ruppe Racer!
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Some of the alterations included:
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Did You Know that it took about 1,500 hours to rebuild this airplane? Read more about Roger and the full story about the Ruppe Racer in General Aviation News. You may write to Roger at rupproger@yahoo.com.
Did You Know that in the remodel of the Ruppe Racer that Roger used the door lock and latch assembly from Doc Gaede's Cessna 180? That was the plane Doc crashed into the homestead chicken house in 1984? (Read about this drama in Chapter 23 of Prescription for Adventure: Bush Pilot Doctor.) Read more about Doc Gaede.
Did You Know that there was a lot of ingenious rumination in the design of the plane's paint scheme?
- The side of the fuselage was conceptualized by Guff Sherman of Sherman Signs and modified by Roger to show the scalloped shape on the nose. The scallop of the nose mirrors the scallop on the bottom of the wings. The stripes are intentionally swooped to keep them from being cut into by windows.
- As is apparent, the tops of the wings mimic those of a bird.
- The nose could be called a Rudolph design because of all the red.
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