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Hatz #208 – Rick Hansen
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1998 Oshkosh Champion, Plans-built
This is the second aircraft built from plans #208. Powered by a Continental O-200, the aircraft weighs in at about 842 lbs. That, folks, is one lightweight Hatz. Rick proves that you can build it light and still have a very plush, well built aircraft.
Rick’s First Hatz N208RH- The Tizzy Lish – 1986 Oshkosh Grand ChampionRick impatiently begins rigging the wings without realizing that he forgot something. No, just kidding, right, Rick? Rick?A Great Day To Fly New Biplane Off A Grass StripA Champion! This picture still doesn’t do justice to how gorgeous this aircraft is.Left Quartering ViewTizzy Too And CrewRick and Tizzy Too on the ramp at Wausau Airport fpr breakfast during the Hatz Homecoming at Merrill, WI., July, 1998, just before Oshkosh.A computer enhancement of one of the photos above used to show the classic look of the Hatz. Rick hasn’t changed a bit in 67 years!
