Stits DS-1

DS-1 "Baby Bird"
Baby Bird
Role Homebuilt aircraft
National origin United States
Designer Don Stits
First flight 1984
Number built 1
Unit cost
$5,000 in 1984

The Stits DS-1 Baby Bird is a homebuilt aircraft built to achieve a "world's smallest" status. The Baby Bird is in the Guinness Book of World Records as the “Smallest Airplane in the World.” as of 1984. The title was later defined as "world's smallest monoplane" to acknowledge The Robert Star Bumble Bee as the world's smallest biplane.[1]

Development

The DS-1 is a single-engine, single-seat highwing aircraft. Development started in 1980 to beat Ray Stit's record for World's smallest aircraft, the Stits SA-2A Sky Baby. The fuselage is welded steel tubing with fabric covering. The wing is all-wood construction.[2]

Operational history

34 Flights were conducted in 1984 with Navy pilot Harold Nemer.[3]

Specifications (DS-1)

Data from EAA

General characteristics

Performance

See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era

References

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  1. "Stits SA-2A". Retrieved 1 September 2013.
  2. "Stits DS-1". Retrieved 1 September 2013.
  3. "The Baby Bird Flies". The Montreal Gazette. 13 September 1986.
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