Long-EZ
Canard - Composite
Plans are no longer sold new. An advertisement in Sport Aviation orExperimenter magazine under "Plans Wanted" may unearth a set that someone has not used to build an airplane.
The Rutan Aircraft Factory closed down in 2004.
All of the back issues of the Canard Pusher are available online:http://www.canardzone.com/csa
To purchase copies of the bookMoldless Composite Construction contact EAA Membership Services at 1-800-843-3612.
The entire Rutan Aircraft Factory (RAF) archives (newsletters, building instruction books for all the Rutan designs that were offered to homebuilders, etc.) are available on three compact discs in both Windows and Macintosh formats. Only the full size templates are omitted from the 14 years of words and pictures that were produced by Burt Rutan, Mike Melvill, and others. Contact Matthew Tait at TERF for further details.
Email: mtait@terf.com
Website: http://www.terf.com
Other similar aircraft plans:
Cozy IV
Aircraft Spruce & Specialty
225 Airport Circle
Corona, CA 92880
Telephone: 877-477-7823
Website: http://www.aircraftspruce.com
This aircraft uses the Long-EZ plan form enlarged for the 4 seater. The aircraft is modified in that the seating is two seats, side by side, front and back.
Canard Owners and Builders Association
The Canard Owners and Builders Association (COBA) serves enthusiasts of Rutan-designed and Rutan-inspired canard aircraft by providing an online repository for photos, articles, news, and forum conversations. It also puts out a full-color quarterly magazine dedicated the building, maintaining, and flying canard aircraft. (This was formerly the Central States Association's CSA newsletter.)
Website: www.canardowners.com/
Canard Finder Service
David A.C. Orr
22011 Arrowhead Ln.
Lake Forrest, CA 92630
Email: canardfinder@att.net
Website: http://www.canardfinder.com
David locates canard aircraft, including those no longer sold. This includes flying aircraft, projects, or plans: Defiant (2 engine 4 seat) Cozy IV (single 4 seat) Cozy III (single 3 seat) Long EZ (single 2 seat) Varieze (smaller single, 2 seat) E-Racer (side by side 2 seat retract).
Articles in EAA and related publications:
| Year | Month | Page | Magazine | Article |
| 2006 | 11 | 46 | Sport Aviation | The Joys of Building: Long-EZ Aficionados Illustrate Building Is As Important As Finishing 10 pg, Greg Laslo |
| 2004 | 05 | 26 | Sport Aviation | DINO: This Long-EZ is no dinosaur by Jack Cox (7 pg) Owner Steve Beert |
| 2002 | 05 | 22 | Sport Aviation | Long-EZ Hunts for bin Laden? (1 pg) |
| 2001 | 05 | 27 | Sport Aviation | Eze Does It at Reno This Year (1/2 pg) |
| 2001 | 02 | 93 | Sport Aviation | Bill Sheedy’s projects – Long-EZ (photo & caption) |
| 2000 | 09 | 70 | Sport Aviation | Mick Long-EZ, ducted fan Mazda powered (photo & caption only) |
| 2000 | 07 | 97 | Sport Aviation | Shell Long-EZ, O-320E2A, 200+ mph cruise (Photo & Caption Only) |
| 2000 | 01 | 32 | Sport Aviation | Flying to Hawaii – Dave Lind’s champion Long-EZ (7 pages w/ color photos) |
| 99 | 11 | 50 | Experimenter | Long-EZ engine failure-Education Thru Airror |
| 99 | 07 | 42 | Sport Aviation | Long-EZ With a Purpose (modified for weather research) |
| 99 | 03 | 8 | Sport Aviation | NTSB Issues Report on John Denver Accident (2 pages) |
| 98 | 10 | 18 | Sport Aviation | Ten Forward, Grand Champion Plans Built, 1998 AirVenture |
| 98 | 02 | 76 | Sport Aviation | Mike and Dick’s Round The World EAA Friendship Tour (8 pg w/color photos) |
| 97 | 12 | 84 | Sport Aviation | 6.6 Miles Up In My Long-EZ, 5 pgs w/color photos |
| 96 | 01 | 93 | Sport Aviation | A Long-EZ That Goes HM-M-M-M (4½ pgs w/photos) |
| 95 | 06 | 32 | Sport Aviation | Retractable main gear kit for Cozy III and Long-EZ at Sun ‘n Fun ‘95 (Photo and Caption only - address and phone number) |
| 95 | 05 | 38 | Sport Aviation | By EZ to Oshkosh ... From Brazil! (6 page article with photos) |
| 94 | 08 | 118 | Sport Aviation | Barchfield EZ (Photo and Caption only) |
| 94 | 07 | 45 | Experimenter | Secure all engine bolts on pushers - could break prop |
| 94 | 06 | 33 | Sport Aviation | Infinity 1 retract gear |
| 94 | 03 | 109 | Sport Aviation | Othin-Girard 160hp Long-EZ, French |
| 94 | 02 | 100 | Sport Aviation | Mislik EZ w/0235 |
| 93 | 11 | 108 | Sport Aviation | DeMontarry French EZ w/0235 |
| 93 | 11 | 45 | Experimenter | Inexperience causes crash |
| 93 | 07 | 08 | Sport Aviation | Long EZ Deep Stall Test |
| 93 | 06 | 64 | Sport Aviation | Record Flight |
| 93 | 04 | 92 | Sport Aviation | Lemmon EZ w/0320 |
| 92 | 11 | 32 | Experimenter | Deep stall in EZ causes crash |
| 92 | 10 | 119 | Sport Aviation | Moreau EZ w/0235 |
| 92 | 08 | 18 | Experimenter | Streamlined baggage compartment |
| 92 | 06 | 94 | Sport Aviation | Guice EZ w/0320 |
| 92 | 05 | 92 | Sport Aviation | Saliba Long-EZ w/0235 |
| 92 | 03 | 96 | Sport Aviation | Nowak Long-EZ w/0235 |
| 91 | 10 | 97 | Sport Aviation | Gadbury Long-EZ w/0235, Tift prop |
| 91 | 10 | 16,C | Sport Aviation | Greider Long-EZ Grand Champ, Oshkosh '91 |
| 91 | 09 | 12 | Sport Aviation | Vertical descent accident |
| 91 | 09 | 07 | Sport Aviation | 1991 Custom Built Grand Champion Plans Built by Bob and Ginny Greider - photo only |
| 91 | 05 | 78 | Sport Aviation | Doan completely stock Long-EZ |
| 91 | 04 | 47 | Experimenter | Damaged wood prop breaks/causes accident |
| 90 | 10 | C,12 | Sport Aviation | Nopper/Eckes Grand Champ Plans-Built Long-EZ |
| 90 | 09 | 93 | Sport Aviation | Peculiarities in Fueling Long-EZ/Varieze |
| 90 | 09 | 94 | Sport Aviation | Denasha Long-EZ with 0235 |
| 90 | 08 | 95 | Sport Aviation | Wickland Long-EZ Completely Stock |
| 90 | 06 | 46 | Experimenter | Seat Belts Fail in Accident |
| 90 | 02 | 94 | Sport Aviation | Kelly Long-EZ with Retractable Nose Gear |
| 89 | 02 | 38 | Experimenter | 3 Blade Prop Loses Blade - Causes Crash |
| 89 | 02 | 38 | Experimenter | Forward CG Causes Crash |
| 88 | 12 | 11 | Sport Aviation | Mini-Starship - English Twin Engine Version of Long-EZ |
| 88 | 12 | 71 | Sport Aviation | Plans for Long-EZ no Longer Available |
| 88 | 11 | 59 | Sport Aviation | Availability of Rutan Plans |
| 88 | 09 | 96 | Sport Aviation | Simmons Long-EZ with 0235 |
| 88 | 02 | 91 | Sport Aviation | Ash Long-EZ - With Lyc. 118, Air Vents, Different Pitch Change Trim |
| 88 | 01 | 97 | Sport Aviation | Stanley Long-EZ |
| 87 | 10 | 38 | Light Plane World | Faulty Take-Off Roll Causes Crash |
| 87 | 06 | 08 | Sport Aviation | Long-EZ Round-The-World Flight Completed |
| 87 | 05 | 88 | Sport Aviation | Colin Long-EZ - Flying the Pacific |
| 87 | 04 | 96 | Sport Aviation | Campbell IFR Long-EZ, with 150hp |
| 87 | 04 | 90 | Sport Aviation | IFR Long-EZ Built in New Guinea |
| 87 | 04 | 38 | Light Plane World | Canopy Unlatching Causes Crash |
| 86 | 12 | 11 | Sport Aviation | Long-EZs flown from Spokane to Australia |
| 86 | 12 | 11 | Sport Aviation | Long-EZs Flown from Spokane to Australia |
| 86 | 10 | 96 | Sport Aviation | Hemmel Long-EZ with Lyc. 150 |
| 86 | 10 | 96 | Sport Aviation | Hemmel Long-EZ with Lycoming 150 |
| 86 | 05 | 19 | Sport Aviation | E-Racer (Side by Side, V8 Version of Long-EZ) |
| 86 | 02 | 28 | Sport Aviation | McCaskie LongEZ with Lyc 125 |
| 86 | 01 | 35 | Sport Aviation | Neil Hunter's Big EZ (Scaled up LongEZ) |
| 86 | 01 | 10 | Sport Aviation | Lombard's New Source for RAF-Approved Parts |
| 85 | 11 | 10 | Sport Aviation | Long-Ez with 2 engines and retractable gear |
| 85 | 04 | 05 | Sport Aviation | New Canard |
| 85 | 04 | 10 | Sport Aviation | Bad Batch of Safe-T-Poxy |
| 85 | 01 | 07 | Sport Aviation | Long-Ez Noise Level Measurement |
| 84 | 03 | 59 | Sport Aviation | Loran Antennas for Plastic Airplanes |
| 84 | 02 | 21 | Sport Aviation | Jim Brandt's Puerto Rican Long-Ez |
| 84 | 02 | 67 | Sport Aviation | High Performance Rudders |
| 83 | 03 | 57 | Sport Aviation | Effects of Rain and Surface Contamination on Pitch, Stability and Control |
| 83 | 01 | 19 | Sport Aviation | Rode Wald Long-EZ, Hawaii to Wisc. Record Attempt |
| 82 | 10 | 13 | Sport Aviation | Nat Puffer's Side-by-Side Version (Cozy) |
| 82 | 10 | 16 | Sport Aviation | Rode Wald's Long-Distance Flight |
| 82 | 09 | 18 | Sport Aviation | Herb Sander's Long-EZ |
| 82 | 07 | 10 | Sport Aviation | Long-EZ Sets New Speed Records |
| 82 | 03 | 58 | Sport Aviation | Dick Rutan Sets More Class C16 World Records |
| 81 | 12 | 56 | Sport Aviation | Record-Anchorage to Grand Turk 4500 Mile State Line |
| 81 | 07 | 06 | Sport Aviation | Closed Course Distance Record of 2955 Miles [N] |
| 81 | 07 | 28 | Sport Aviation | Mike & Sally's Long-EZ |
| 80 | 11 | 08 | Sport Aviation | Rutan Composite Construction Seminar [N] |
| 80 | 07 | 07 | Sport Aviation | Long-EZ Approved for Grass Fields [N] |
| 80 | 06 | 41 | Sport Aviation | Long-EZ at Sun-N-Fun |
| 80 | 04 | 09 | Sport Aviation | Low Level Aerobatic Waver for Long-EZ [N] |
| 80 | 02 | C | Sport Aviation | Rutan Long-EZ |
| 80 | 02 | 09 | Sport Aviation | Long-EZ Flies to 26,900 Feet |
| 80 | 02 | 28 | Sport Aviation | Long-EZ Sets World Closed Course Distance Record |
| 80 | 02 | 34 | Sport Aviation | Story of Vari-Eze and Long-EZ Aircraft |
| 80 | 01 | 06 | Sport Aviation | Rutan Sets Distance Record/Long-EZ [N] |
| 79 | 08 | 07 | Sport Aviation | Captioned Photo |
| 79 | 07 | 55 | Sport Aviation | Long-EZ Introductory Article [N] |
EAA members can digitally view archived editions of EAA Sport Aviation here.
