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Weedhopper

High Wing – Aluminum Tube, Fabric

WeedhopperKit/Plans:
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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