Pedal Planes – what are they?

For all those youngsters aged up to about 5 or 6 years old, we have a number of pedal planes for them to enjoy, and you may see one of the 3x YES pedal planes at an event near you (2x Tiger Moths and a Spitfire) or you may see one of the large fleets of the Joystick Clubs array (Spitfire, Hurricane, Piper Cub, Mustang, Me108, Harvard).

For an information leaflet on where you can buy the plans, or indeed the pedal planes themselves or for information on the work involved in building a P-51 Mustang or a Tiger Moth, see the links in the summary: YES Pedal Planes_20151104

Now adults are always saying “Why should the youngsters have all the fun”, so we are putting out a challenge to anyone who would like to make an adult version, possibly out of fibre glass, so that the adults can join in.

If you are interested in building an adult version, then please contact andre.faehndrich@ntlworld.com

Essex Students build pedal planes at Stow Maries Great War Aerodrome

Sixteen pupils from Essex Schools spent four days building four pedal planes. The pupils were mentored and supervised by volunteers from the Stow Maries Great War Aerodrome.  Read more here.

PEDAL PLANES – 2018 RECORD

Sunday 16th September 2018 Brooklands Museum Aviation Day

The challenge in 2018 was to beat the record and beaten it was.

A huge congratulation to Andy Ovans and all his team at EAA Air Venture 2018 at Oshkosh, WI, USA for creating a new world record of 28 pedal planes. The bar has been set high once more!  Read more here.

PEDAL PLANES – 2017 RECORD

Following the 21st September 2015 record a gathering of 15x Pedal planes at the Brooklands Museum Aviation Day, the challenge this year was to beat this record and boy did we beat it!!!

Aviation Day on Sunday 15th October 2017, YES and its partners broke the World Record for gathering the largest fleet of pedal planes in one place. This new record would not have been possible without the tremendous support from the following groups, and for this we are very grateful.  Read more here.

Sunday 21st September 2015 – 1st Pedal Plane record set

Another world record for Brooklands. Read more here.

 

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