Weedhopper
High Wing – Aluminum Tube, Fabric
Weedhopper, Inc.
P.O. Box 1024
Ridgeland, MS 39158
Telephone: 601-953-7378
Email: jacauthen@aol.com
Website: http://www.weedhopperusa.com
Technical Registry:
Scott Perkins, EAA member, coordinates a group of people that shares safety, design and engineering information for the Weedhopper:
Scott Perkins
74 Brookwood Dr.
Marietta, GA 30064
Tel: 770-973-3860
Email: 2scott@bellsouth.net
Articles in EAA and related publications:
| Year | Month | Page | Magazine | Article |
| 2004 | 11 | 42 | Sport Pilot | My Affair with a Gypsy: 20 years of togetherness (3 pg) |
| 2003 | 02 | 28 | Experimenter | John Chotia, designer of the Weedhopper inducted into EAA’s 2002 Hall of Fame (4 pgs) |
| 2000 | 12 | 16 | Experimenter | Once a Weedhopper, the Xair has changed considerably over the years (5 pgs w/photos) |
| 95 | 10 | 27 | Experimenter | 1/2 page photo and caption |
| 93 | 05 | 12 | Experimenter | Leichty Weedhopper Gypsy-Cuyuna 440 |
| 91 | 11 | 05 | Experimenter | AD on Elevator Control Horn |
| 91 | 08 | 39 | Experimenter | Bliez AX-2 |
| 91 | 02 | 04 | Experimenter | Weedhopper Club Formed |
| 90 | 10 | 06 | Experimenter | Under New Ownership |
| 86 | 01 | 06 | Light Plane World | Bathtub-like Gypsy completed in Wisconsin |
| 85 | 08 | 64 | Sport Aviation | New Owners |
| 85 | 07 | 64 | Sport Aviation | New Owners |
| 85 | 06 | 39 | Light Plane World | Weedhopper Fails to Recover in Turn |
| 85 | 02 | 35 | Light Plane World | Fiberglas Pod Available |
| 85 | 01 | 24 | Light Plane World | Rex Brock's Gypsy Project |
| 84 | 03 | 23 | Ultralight Plane | Slack Rudder Cables Cause Crash? |
| 83 | 09 | 11 | Ultralight Plane | Different length wing struts cause accident |
| 83 | 08 | 22 | Ultralight Plane | The Gypsy |
| 83 | 06 | 16 | Ultralight Plane | How Not to Fly |
| 83 | 02 | 11 | Ultralight Plane | Cross Wind and Inexperience Causes Crash |
| 82 | 12 | 19 | Ultralight Plane | Education through Error - Leaky Manifold on Weedhopper C |
| 82 | 12 | 17 | Ultralight Plane | Education through Error - Tougher Tangs Needed |
| 82 | 09 | 05 | Ultralight Plane | Trouble with Mikuni Carb |
| 82 | 07 | 15 | Ultralight Plane | Accident report |
| 82 | 05 | 18 | Ultralight Plane | Wing sailcloth needs ties |
| 82 | 04 | 09 | Ultralight Plane | Insufficient Rudder Control |
| 82 | 03 | 09 | Ultralight Plane | Crossed Cables + Broken Strap = Accident |
| 82 | 02 | 12 | Ultralight Plane | Owner Survey Results |
| 82 | 02 | 12 | Ultralight Plane | Lack of Experience Causes Accident |
| 81 | 08 | 18 | Ultralight Plane | Weedhopper Flight Training Program |
| 81 | 08 | 08 | Sport Aviation | Weedhopper Debuts |
| 81 | 07 | 15 | Ultralight Plane | Weedhopper to Europe - will be in Paris Air Show |
| 81 | 05 | 15 | Ultralight Plane | Two-seater Weedhopper available for flight training |
| 81 | 05 | 15 | Ultralight Plane | Weedhopper to Europe - will be in Paris Air Show |
| 81 | 03 | CV | Ultralight Plane | COVER Chotia Gypsy |
| 80 | 11 | 08 | Sport Aviation | Weedhopper Stars on NBC |
| 80 | 08 | 08 | Sport Aviation | Weedhopper Gypsy |
| 80 | 03 | C | Experimenter | Gypsy |
| 80 | 02 | 09 | Sport Aviation | Long Wing Version |
| 79 | 09 | 31 | Sport Aviation | New Weedhopper JC-24-B |
| 78 | 07 | 13 | Sport Aviation | Weedhopper |
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