The Marquart Charger came to town from its resting place at Marion NC’s Shiflet Field. My intent was to put it back into flying condition and enjoy Red Hunnicutt’s airplane in the skies of Western North Carolina.
Once in place, friend Steve and I divvied up our purchase - he bought the engine for his RV-4 and I had the airframe.
Then, as luck would have it, just as I was ready to dig into the project (after much perusal and many trips to the Marquart Charger website, as well as parts suppliers) a fellow wrote to me out of the blue and wanted to talk about maybe buying it. It was a tough decision.
Long story short, I sold the airframe and it was on its way to West Virginia in the hands of a fellow who will do a much better job of restoring it - an Airframe and Powerplant mechanic with Inspection Authorization - pretty much the top of the trade.
I hope Red is looking down with approval for what I’ve done. He started our local EAA chapter and the Charger was a magnet for new members like me in the early 1990s.
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