Tony’s  passion with ballooning did not limit his desire to experience flight in all forms. He also became a fixed wing pilot flying airplanes and gliders.

In 1931 he began flying the Rearwin Junior aircraft, which was a sport aircraft. The Rearwin Junior was a conventional, parasol-wing monoplane with two seats in tandem in an open cockpit and fixed, tailskid undercarriage. An optional enclosed canopy was available. The wings were of wooden construction while the fuselage and empennage (stabilizing tail assembly) were built from welded steel tube, with the whole aircraft skinned in fabric. It was powered by a 3 cyl. 45 HP Szekely engine.

In 1933 he began flying the Great Lakes 2T-1 aircraft. This was a single bay biplane of mixed fabric-covered construction with a tailskid undercarriage. It was powered by a single 85 hp Cirrus III engine.

Buhl Pup

In 1934, Tony started flying his own airplane known as a ‘Buhl Pup’.  It is a mid-wing single place airplane with a three-cylinder, forty-five horsepower Czekely engine. He also flew Piper Cubs from 1938 through 1943.

Description of Buhl Pup

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