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ICE PLANE BUILT AND PILOTED BY 2 LONG ISLAND BROTHERS AROUND 1948. IT COMMANDED ATTENTION AT 60 MPH SCREAMING ATOP FROZEN LAKE RONKONKOMA AND MAKING WIDE TURNS SENDING ICE SKATERS DIVING FOR THE SHORELINE!  1922 HENDERSON MOTOR W/ A HEATHKIT CONVERSION. ENGINE FACING BACKWARDS, CUTTING FLYWHEEL AND TRANSMISION OFF AND ADAPTING HEATH KIT AS PER FACTORY INSTRUCTIONS INSTALING PROP SHAFT. MOTOR STARTS W/ A FEW PROP THROWS. RUNS STRONG AND QUIET W/ A NICE EXHAUST TONE (ALTHOUGH I WAS TOLD BY SEVERAL FLYING ACES TO CHANGE THE PROP BEFORE RUNNING AGAIN OR I MAY LOOK LIKE A PORCEPINE). THROTTLE IS VIA CABLE AND A CUT SHIFTER AND PIVOTS ON THE LEFT WALL. A CUT DOWN FORD STEERING WHEEL USES M/C CHAIN, TURN BUCKLES, GUIDE ROLLERS AND HEAVY CABLE TO TURN THIS SLED VIA A REAR SKI AND AERO-DYNAMIC REAR WING BOTH STEERING TOGETHER. I'M TOLD TURNS WERE VERY WIDE AT SPEED! REAR WHEELS IN PHOTO'S ARE ONLY ON TO MOVE THIS SLED AROUND ON PAVEMENT. MORE TO COME......



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