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I have posted previously about the first Quicksilver (a MX model) to be registered in New Zealand as ZK-MRW.  We have had 37 single seat Quicksilver MXs registered in New Zealand with the first group of them below:


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In my previous post on Quicksilvers I gave their brief history as coming from the Quicksilver hang glider.  This then had an engine bolted on and became the Quicksilver C and this was developed into the Quicksilver E which was a weight shift machine that had a tricycle undercarriage with a fixed nosewheel.

We have had one Quicksilver E registered in New Zealand and...


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Quicksilver ultralight aircraft had their genesis in the early 1970s when Dick Eipper founded Eipper Performance in Southern California as a hang glider manufacturer.  One model they made was a rigid wing design with a conventional tail that had been developed by Bob Lovejoy that became the Quicksilver C powered hang glider.  I was told by Pete James that there was ...


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I have previously posted about Pterodactyl microlights of New Zealand including the couple of Fledgelings that have been registered here and you can find that post HERE  In that post both of the registered Fledelings had canards and...


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 Rangiora on Friday the 29th produced two more strays from close by.

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