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Charlie Richardson shop photos.

cr trophies

cr trophies

Pulled back some old dusty boxes and discovered a wall full of slope racing and HLG trophies from the 1990's. I designed a few of the award plaques. What a flashback! Cool......


cr blazer

cr blazer

Charlie posing with the original Blazer v-tail prototype, which is still in excellent condition. He flys this plane about once a year. Charlie and I designed the Fun-1 OD racer based on this fuse.


Turbo plans

Turbo plans

A detail of the original vellums, Turbo. Again, hand drawn.


plane archives

plane archives

A bunch of old planes in the garage rafters: A few Turbos, a foamy, various old, old, gliders.


turbo instructions

turbo instructions

Cover shot of Turbo ST manual. I took this picture o f Charlie at Torrey Pines about 1989, nice afro dude! I think this was the original ST prototype, blue and gold metallic monokote, 60" span.


_turbo plans 1

_turbo plans 1

Original vellums of the Turbo, hand drawn by Charlie, late 1980's. No CAD assist here baby!


old parts

old parts

A box of fuslages, Turbo, Contender, Raptor 2M. Nice find!


turbo instuctions

turbo instuctions

Charlie digs out Turbo ST instruction booklet from a dusty old folder.


wing stash

wing stash

Charlie's secret stash of carbon Renegade and Contender wings.