December 2011
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Clutton FRED featured in EAA Light Plane World... →
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Power to the people and FRED!
A recent Barnstormers ad caught my eye. Eric Herzog of Texas is selling a Continental A40 that had been “mounted on a ultralight Cub and my father sold the aircraft and kept the engine. It has a single magneto, both mufflers and unknown motor mount.”
I can’t do much with an A40 right now, but the ad did get me thinking about FRED engine options. Eric Clutton’s...
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Wonderful article by a FRED fan
Steve Slater is the caretaker of a real treasure—a 1947 Tipsy Trainer. Not only is the Tipsy rare and beautiful, but it combines both sophisticated design and spartan simplicity with many features of interest to homebuilders.
Steve is also the proud owner of Clutton FRED G-BMSL. Follow the “Pics” link above to see pictures of Steve’s FRED and many more. On top of...
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Clutton FRED is now on Facebook! →
Moving www.cluttonfred.info to Tumblr has allowed me to add the snazzy new buttons you now see at the bottom of each post for sharing via Facebook, Twitter, etc.
With sharing in mind, I have also created a Clutton FRED page on Facebook, so now Facebook FRED fans can simply “like” the Clutton FRED Facebook page to receive each new FRED post via Facebook.
Cheers,
Matthew
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A new beginning
Eric Clutton’s original FRED has gone through many iterations over the years—changing engine and prop, landing gear and rudder, not to mention color scheme. So, too, this site has changed.
With the impending demise of Apple’s MobileMe hosting service, I have moved to the Tumblr blogging platform. You are looking at the new version right now!
www.cluttonfred.info will redirect...