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[65 Goatboy]

I used to have one of those.....
Alan
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Is that a Corvair or VW engine in that "trunk"?

 

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Corvair. Hot Rod Magazine called it the "Rubber Tired Rickshaw" in 1970.
Alan

 

[65 Goatboy]

the clincher for me was a dragrace between prop planes, where they took off in a straight line, flew straight for a bit then landed, did u uturn, took off again, raced back to the starting line! Maybe i imagined that because i couldn't believe what i was watching at the time

That sounds a lot like STOL airplane competition which is a real racing series with expensive specially designed planes. STOL stands for Short Takeoff and Landings. They are also commonly called Bush Planes used for landing and taking off in remote area's, ie western US and Alaska. They are easy to spot because they have big balloon tires for "off runway" landings.