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From the post: A single-engine plane went off the runway at Centennial Airport on Friday morning and landed on its nose. The biplane left Runway 28 with one person on board about 9 a.m. Crews with South Metro Fire Rescue rushed to the scene where there was a small fuel leak. A technical rescue team arrived to help upright the plane.

Archive: https://archive.today/Rkz7s From the post: A single-engine plane went off the runway at Centennial Airport on Friday morning and landed on its nose. The biplane left Runway 28 with one person on board about 9 a.m. Crews with South Metro Fire Rescue rushed to the scene where there was a small fuel leak. A technical rescue team arrived to help upright the plane.

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I guess it depends on where you are. I have always wanted to home-build one based off the designs from WW1 but using more modern materials and mostly for fun. It would have to be registered as experimental and I don't have the space to actually do it these days but maybe I will in the future.

from what that one looks like it could be a kit plane.

Oh, I guess the fire department was there because of a gas leak and the fire danger has been really bad so they probably had to do mitigation.

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The one I'm familiar with looked identical; very under-powered but I did get to watch someone (not the owner) who knew how to fly take it up and it was structurally sound and did all the expected tricks...slowly. I think the owner crashed it twice (slowly) and sold it out of state...

It was a beautiful thing to watch flying (slowly).

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Yeah, they are not intended for distance or any real work to be honest. More like a fun hobby.

I don't have a license but I have been considering buying a ultra-light for years. I really want to have some property where I could build my own mini-hanger and landing strip though. That would be the most ideal for playing around with one (in my mind).

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It fits in a two car garage and the landing strip is shorter then most driveways. I exaggerate, but you get my point. On the fun per dollar scale it is not a bad buy..but partial ownership of a Cessna is only maybe 25g a year?

...I should post some Alaskan bush aircraft...