TWIN BEE NEWS 2006

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2006 Sept 20

UC-1 Twin Bee Amphibian Design Rights for Sale!

UC-1 Twin BeeDesigner, builder and owner of the UC-1 Twin Bee, Joseph Gigante, president of the STOL Aircraft Corp., is announcing that he is selling the FAA Type Certificate No. A6EA, all design and production rights, documentation, tooling, jigs, molds and parts for the unique UC-1 Twin Bee amphibian aircraft.

The UC-1 Twin Bee, designed by Mr. Gigante in the early 1960s, is a twin engine version of the Republic RC-3 Seabee, remanufactured from components from the single engine amphibian.  First flight was made in 1960 and on June 25, 1965, FAA Type Certificate No. A6EA was awarded. A total of 23 Twin Bees have been built to this date, the last one in 1987.

 

UC-1 Twin BeeThe Twin Bee exhibits exceptional short take-off and landing capabilities and has proved to be the perfect personal yacht as well as one of the most popular aircraft for multiengine seaplane ratings with flight schools in the USA.  Twin Bees are also flying in Switzerland and in the Philippines.

This is a unique opportunity to get an already FAA Type Certificated twin engine amphibian, without spending millions to obtain design and approval.  In addition, Mr. Gigante is prepared to assist the new owner of the Twin Bee to achieve production capability.

Mr. Gigante will consider any reasonable offer from any party seriously interested making the Twin Bee available for the market again.

For more details, please contact Mr. Joseph Gigante at e-mail:

Serious inquiries only, please!

 

2006 Mar 13

Peter Annis

N65NE on eBay!Peter Annis, who was a test pilot for the UC-1 Twin Bees, kindly has sent a lot of new information for the UC-1 Twin Bee Production List!  Peter made the first flight for all but one of the 23 Twin Bees built!  He also made the last flight for several of RC-3 Seabees that were converted/remanufactured to UC-1 Twin Bees.  Hopefully, Peter will tell more about the Twin Bee history and his experiences later...

 

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