Quickie Free Enterprise

Free Enterprise
General information
TypeExperimental long-range aircraft
National originUnited States of America
ManufacturerQuickie Aircraft Corporation
Number built1
History
First flight1982

The Quickie Aircraft Corporation Free Enterprise (also known as the Big Bird) was an American experimental long-range aircraft of the 1980s, designed to attempt the first unrefuelled flight round-the world flight. The Free Enterprise was a single-engined high-winged monoplane of conventional configuration. It first flew in March 1982, but was destroyed in a fatal crash later that year.

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