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World’s Smallest Flattop Demo Lands Plane On Boat
Dick Genth of Thunderbird Products creates a 40 foot Drift-A-Cruz houseboat with three 200 horsepower stern drives. Jim Butler lands a light plane on its deck at 38 mph on Lake X then Biscayne Bay after adding wheel wells and an air speed indicator. The stunt aims to tour the United States to showcase the feat and engine package by Kiekhaefer Mercury.
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Dick Genth
Thunderbird Products
Bahamas
Jim Butler
Carl Kiekhaefer
Kiekhaefer
Bill Sirois
Butler
Biscayne Bay
Miami
United States