FRED for Sale

Nigel Hitchman · Post by **Nigel Hitchman** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 7:52 pm

a friend of mine just found this

http://belfast.gumtree.com/belfast/10/56204610.html

looks in reasonable condition in the photos, hasnt flown for years (if it ever did fly, no permit on g-info, but it was on the Irish register for a while)

maybe a good project for someone...

cardiffrob · Post by **cardiffrob** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 8:59 am

I've copied the details to the FRED website on Yahoo. Hopefully someone will bite.

Cheers

macconnacher · Post by **macconnacher** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 9:57 pm

This aircraft was built by Richard Yates and attended a couple of Sywell Rallies. Was one of the nicest Freds built. Obviously a lot can happen since the mid 70's.

If any Fred would have won or been in contention for best homebuilt this was the aircraft. It had a neat curved rudder and it appears to be in the same colours as originally built.

ivanmanley · Post by **ivanmanley** » Fri Apr 02, 2010 8:09 pm

It has a 1300 engine ... did it fly with that? FRED's usually need 1600 at the very least, most have 1834's.

Ivan
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John Hill · Post by **John Hill** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 10:38 am

G-INFO shows it has having a 1500 VW, which would still be a bit short of puff.

Be nice to see someone (Ivan??) take it on for a rebuild.

JH

cardiffrob · Post by **cardiffrob** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 1:04 pm

You might need to be a bit quick!

Not me, you understand, but there has been quite a bit of interest!

PS Does anyone have a spare 1835 for sale?

cardiffrob · Post by **cardiffrob** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 5:40 pm

Small world, isn't it.

How is the 'new' FRED coming on, Ian? Have you got any pics?

cardiffrob · Post by **cardiffrob** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 7:50 pm

When are you going to fly your FRED?

Oooooh. You really know when to hit a man when he's down!

Hmmmmm. How is the runway looking at Perranporth?

I'm never going to get it done without help.

macconnacher · Post by **macconnacher** » Sun Apr 04, 2010 9:00 am

A Photo of mine taken 1977 on the LAA Archive of G-BDSA see .
http://www.laa-archive.org.uk/index.php

put G-BDSA in the search box

cardiffrob · Post by **cardiffrob** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 5:58 am

Well, someone has bought it but the vendor isn't a man of many words. He hasn't responded to my request for any details of the purchaser.