Dan Rihn Aircraft

[hesham]

Hi,

Mr. Dan Rihn was an USA designer,as I know he designed some light and acrobatic airplanes,such as
DR-107 and DR-109,I can't tell if he had anther concepts or not ?.

Rihn DR-107 One Design - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Rihn DR-109 - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

L+K 11/1993

 

[BillRo]

I'll ask him; since I hired him at Northrop.

 

[BillRo]

His answer: Hi Bill, The aerobatic aircraft I designed were the DR-101 thru 109. Dan

 

[hesham]

Thank you my dear BillRo,

and if he can send a drawings to them,it will be nice,I knew he created many Projects,but
I was not sure ?.

 

[walter]

Dan Rihn is designer/co-designer of many more aerobatic aircraft. I will post some photos en info in the next few days

 

[Apophenia]

http://www.8kcab.com%2FDR-107-25th-Anniversary.pdf
DR-107 “One Design” 25th Anniversary. Origins and history of an Aerobatic aircraft design

This pdf shows the Rihn DR-101 Sunbird, DR-102 Sunbird II, DR-103 Awesome Lady, DR-104 Phoenix, and DR-105 Goshawk biplanes (all Pitts S-1 mods, AFAIK); and DR-106 Sabre mid-wing and DR-107 One Design low-wing monoplanes.

The Rihn DR-108 is an enlarged evolution of the DR-107 while the Rihn DR-109 is a 2-seat aerobatic trainer version of the DR-108.

 

[walter]

Thank you Apophenia for this info!
Another link is http://dr107.net/Articles/Beyond_the_Pitts/beyondthepitts.htm which gives more details (and pics) on these aircraft.
My individual date-base details do not add much else, so not much use in posting.

 

[hesham]

Thank you my dears Walter and Apophenia,

and how we get this PDF ?.

 

[Apophenia]

hesham: Sorry, I couldn't get the link to work. Put the url (below) into a Google search and the link will be the first result. Click on that to open the pdf.

http://www.8kcab.com%2FDR-107-25th-Anniversary.pdf

 

[Arjen]

Try this: http://dr107.net/Files/DR-107 25th Anniversary.pdf

 

[BillRo]

A nice trio of Brit DR-107s