HENK WADMAN COLLECTION
No. 9488. Van Lith VI (F-PINX c/n 1)
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Van Lith VI

11/30/2009. Remarks by Walter van Tilborg: "This was an original design 2/3-seat homebuilt aircraft of Jean van Lith. In original form the Model VI had the main wheels and wing struts of a Stampe (Nord) SV-4 biplane, one 125 hp Lycoming O-290-3 engine and a small third central fin. In this configuration the aircraft flew on 30 August 1958, registered as F-WINX. It completed it test flight program at Toussusle-Nobel on October 6, 1959, and was subsequently reregistered F-PINX.

The aircraft was later re-engined with one 150 hp Lycoming O-320, and also received with a steel sprung cantilever landing gear, while the central fin was removed. The aircraft remained active well into the 1980s and later went to the RSA Museum, but was destroyed in an accident. This one-of-a-kind aircraft was also nicknamed the "Bébé Broussard" ("Baby Bushman"), because of the external resemblance to the Holste Broussard (Bushman)."

Created November 30, 2009