John McCulloch flies Monocoupe 110S Butch Too over the intercoastal waterway near Venice, Florida.
In 1962, Edmundson sold Little Butch to Eddy Foyle, who wrecked it twice in the next three years. John McCulloch bought was what left of it in 1965 and had it restored by C.V. Stuart in Florida. John flew it a lot but finally gave it to the National Air and Space Museum in 1981.
With its short legs, broad chest, and narrow tail, the 110S’s lines never fail to turn heads.
John McCulloch is the ultimate Monocoupe nut. “Nobody, not even Woody Edmundson, has more hours in 110 Clipwings than I do. I have flown six of the seven original 110Ss and in some others made up from a Monocoupe 90. I have 1,480 hours total, but mostly in my N36Y Little Butch and N101H Butch Too.”
On the ground, owing to its high incidence and the bulging Warner Scarab engine, the pilot has to use his peripheral vision to land because he can’t see what’s in front.
This story is from the June 2020 edition of Flight Journal.
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