Beck-Mahoney Sorceress

[First time Juke]

http://flickr.com/photos/nostri-imag...n/photostream/

Any info of this available ?

Looks very fast.

[Skyracer]

And it was!!! Unfortunately, when they did away with the racing biplane class three purpose built racers had no place to go but the museum. Interesting how the sport biplane class has evolved with "purpose built" racers finding their way in within the rules.

[blacksheep]

3 ? , I remember the Sorceress and Doc Whites "Sundancer" but what are you saying is the third one was

Sorceress was originally built as a cross country plane with cantilevered wings (no struts )

[Shawn Aro]

in 1983 they had a racing class and i think it was a sport class

[Skyracer]

The third is the Amsoil racer (Rutan design) built and flown by Dan Mortenson.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMSOIL_Racer

[First time Juke]

Is this Sundancer on left top of this USRA page ?

http://www.teamerica.org/GSR/Classes.htm


Sundacer won 1980 and 1981

http://www.airrace.com/New%20speedrecords.htm

[stuntflyr]

Sundancer was Midget Mustang derived, as was Cobra. Tom Aberle had a non-cabane racer derived from a Mong. There was Hot Canary, another non-cabane bipe, too. So with Sorceress and the Amsoil Racer that makes six.

Anyone remember more?

[First time Juke]

Here is Midget Mustang:
http://www.mustangaero.com/Midget%20...20Mustang.html


Hot Canary glimpse here:
http://image2-3.rcuniverse.com/e1/fo...24/Wu60583.jpg

[Lowell]

Wasn't there a second Sorceress built or partially built by Mahoney or someone else ? I never saw a photo of it so it maybe was never completed.

[stuntflyr]

I know there was an unfinished Rivets in Arizona that I saw, but I never heard of the second Sorceress.