This one of a kind single-seat aircraft was designed by Ed Marquart.
Although no official drawings were made, Ed started to built the
aircraft at Flabob Airport, Riverside, California in the early
sixties. Due to other occupations Ed was not able to finish the MA-3
Maverick and it was stored for many years.
Ed had designed a number of other models and sold sets of prints to
homebuilders. One of them, Daniel Fielder, wanted the MA-5 Charger
and Ed and Daniel together built the first that made its maiden
flight in 1971.
During the construction of the Charger, Daniel noticed the unfinished
MA-3 Maverick at Ed’s shop and wanted to finish that one as well.
Daniel’s daughter states: "Dad really had to work on Ed to get
him to sell him the Maverick and I think Ed may have finally broken
down and sold it to him just so he'd stop bugging him about it (also
because he knew he was never going to get around to it himself)!"
So the Maverick changed hands in 1976 and it was registered as N84F.
Daniel finished the Maverick under the close supervision of Ed.
Powered by an 125 hp Continental C-125-2 it was flown for the first
time on October 1, 1977. The Maverick was sold to a number of
individuals and it underwent a number of modifications as can be seen
in photo 2383. Finally,
on February 27, 2006, the aircraft was at last registered to its
designer and initiator, Ed Marquart.
