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The Miller Lil' Rascal was a two-seat sporting
biplane
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built by
high school
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students in
Claxton,
Evans County
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,
Georgia
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* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States
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, USA, in the late 1970s. Construction began in November
1975
It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe.
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January
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by a group of 15 students at
Claxton High School
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Between 1975 and 1979, students at the school under the direction ...
under the direction of B. G. Tippins. Of conventional biplane configuration, it accommodated pilot and passenger side-by-side in an open
cockpit
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The cockpit of an aircraft contains flight instruments on an instrument panel, and the controls th ...
. The wings were of
dacron
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-covered wood, and the
fuselage
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was of dacron-covered welded steel tube construction. It had fixed
tailwheel undercarriage
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with
spatted mainwheels.
Designer Merle Miller originally intended to market plans for the aircraft through his firm
Aeroneering Inc, but abandoned the idea before any were sold. The single
prototype
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(registration ''N11LR'') was the only example produced.
Specifications
See also
References
*
* ''Jane's All the World's Aircraft (1979-80)'', 503.
1970s United States sport aircraft
Homebuilt aircraft
Biplanes
Aircraft first flown in 1979
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