| Back in the day, if you wanted to have fun flying, | | | | Rockford EAA fly-in they introduced the aircraft to |
| you found an old Super Cub or Champ and took to | | | | the public. The Breezy spent the entire weekend |
| the sky. Airport coffee shops were the rage, and | | | | giving rides to enthusiastic passengers. After returning |
| were well attended on weekends. Three | | | | from the fly-in, they were surprised by the large |
| Chicago-area pilots, doing corporate flying in Twin | | | | volume of mail asking for plans from which to build a |
| Beeches, decided that there had to be some way to | | | | Breezy. They hadn't drawn any plans when building |
| squeeze more fun out of flying. Most private pilots | | | | the plane, so they reverse-engineered a set. Since |
| were happy just to log a few hours every weekend, | | | | then they have sold over 1000 copies of the simple |
| but Charles Roloff, Carl Unger, and Bob Liposky had | | | | drawings. |
| something more extreme in mind. That is how they | | | | Although the Breezy aircraft had outstanding |
| invented the Breezy aircraft. | | | | performance for its power, some thought that it |
| A friend of theirs had a pair of wings from a crashed | | | | could be improved. The folks at Yakima Aerosport |
| Piper PA-12. They scrounged a tail section and a nose | | | | decided to take a run at it. They were already |
| wheel fork from elsewhere. Unger was an expert | | | | building an improved version of the Piper PA18 Super |
| welder so they set about building an airframe to | | | | Cub using Dakota Cub's slotted wing. It made a big |
| connect the parts together. With the money saved | | | | improvement in the STOL performance of the Super |
| by scrounging, they bought a new Continental C90 | | | | Cub, so it was natural to assume that it would do the |
| engine with a special pusher crank and bolted it | | | | same for a "Super Breezy." |
| behind the wing. The airframe was a simple truss, | | | | Equipped with a 180HP Lycoming engine, the Super |
| uncomplicated by the need to enclose the | | | | Breezy has take-off and landing performance just |
| passengers and systems. Everything bolted to the | | | | short of a helicopter's. Piloted from the back seat, |
| outside, and the pilot perched on the nose. | | | | the passenger sits on the nose of the Super Breezy |
| They flew it all over the mid-west, having a blast and | | | | enjoying a fishbowl view of the sky and earth. |
| raising eyebrows everywhere they went. Someone | | | | Everyone who flies in it comes back to earth with a |
| asked them if it was a little breezy sitting out in the | | | | desire to own one and repeat the experience as |
| open, and the name "Breezy" stuck. At the 1965 | | | | many times as possible. |