| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | N9360 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Hegy RCHI El Chuparosa |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Hegy RCHI El Chuparosa |
| Aircraft Version: | Hegy RCHI El Chuparosa |
| C/n (msn): | 1 |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Oshkosh - Wittman RegionalMap |
| Region / Country: | Wisconsin, United States |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: KOSH IATA: OSH Local: OSH Other: - |
| Collection: | EAA Airventure Museum |
| Event: | EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2016 |
| Photo Date: | 26 July 2016 |
| Photo by: | Gary Vincent |
| Photo ID: | 470091 |
| Photo Comment |
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Hegy Propellers founder Ray Hegy manufactured wooden propellers for homebuilt and ultra light aircraft. In 1950 he began design and build of a single place high performance biplane. The Hegy R.C.H.I. "El Chuparosa" (Spanish for hummingbird) first flew in 1959. It was regular at the annual EAA Fly-in at Rockford, IL 1960 - 69 before the event moved to Oshkosh, WI. The unique aircraft was donated to the EAA on August 14, 1977. This photo is copyright © Gary Vincent, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 19 June 2022, and has since been viewed 575 times. |