Feb 2011 Dave’s Clipper!
Ladies, I got a call yesterday from my friend Dave Hoepfinger and was tickled to hear he’s checking out Ladies Love Taildraggers regularly! He gave us all kudos on how far we’ve come since I first met him in the summer of 2009 when I visited Sparta KSAR. Â I have to show you the truly beautiful, very cool, Piper PA-16 Clipper he was flying the day I met him.
You just can’t make new friends who are flying beautiful taildraggers and not line ’em up for a photo op. Here’s Dave & his Clipper, me and the Happy Champ & Diana Votow and her Cubcrafters Sport Cub.
Dave called me to chat about another interesting taildragger but mentioned his Clipper is available to a good home … make that a really good home! I wanted to spread the word that his beautiful 1949 PA-16 is for sale, especially since spring is coming; the most popular time to shop for a different airplane. (Lady taildraggers, this is a good time to remind you to please send me pictures if you’re buying or flying a different airplane!)
Dave Hoepfinger and his Clipper
I thought about it myself last fall and might even own this beautiful airplane right now if it wasn’t for having somebody sitting so close infringing on my space! You know I’m all about tandem airplanes! Â The Clipper is the fore runner of the Pacer and the Tri Pacer. Piper got sued by PanAm for using the name Clipper (their flying boat) so they renamed it the Piper Pacer and installed yoke controls instead of the sticks.
Dave, you’re looking good and so is that Clipper!
And my very favorite picture of all…….
Setting up for the perfect landing…..hold it – hold it – hold it…..
PA-16 SPEC SHEET
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