Looking for Seabird Rouseabout

[FlyingVizsla]

The Maryborough Military Aviation Museum is looking for the Rouseabout aircraft.  All the aircraft except 10-0281 have cancelled registration, so if still in existance they are probably in a shed somewhere.  Maryborough Qld.  Their facebook page https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064738116772

[Student Pilot]

Still a couple of Resurgum aircraft around the New England area, that was the design the Rouseabout was based on. They were powered with the Koing 4 cyl two stroke radial. 

[Rapture]

I flew one of these aircraft for about 20 minutes as part of a demonstration day when Seabird was looking for funding.  The potential investors asked me to fly it and report to them about its performance.

I recall that it was very sensitive in pitch but if flown with two fingers with very gentle inputs, it behaved as advertised.  I can still vividly recall telling the very experienced cropduster pilot who flew it after me about the pitch sensitivity, to then watch him jump in, start it up apply full power and after takeoff experienced major pios.

There was one power setting where the König 3 cylinder set up a very prominent buzz through the airframe which worried me a bit at the time.

That said, it was a fun to fly aircraft and I’m pleased Seabird managed to move ahead.