The “Cri-Cri” is Alive!

Look, up in the sky, it’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a Cri-Cri?


This past Sunday the Boudreault hangar was abuzz with preparations for the first flight of David’s recently acquired Cri-Cri aircraft. This aircraft design holds the distinction of the world’s smallest twin and looks like a model where a large bubble canopy for the pilot clearly seems to be an afterthought. After a series of low and high speed taxi tests and a detailed inspection, Ron launched the Cri-Cri into the skies of Pendleton with it’s two 15 hp single cylinder engines spinning the props at 4500 rpm. After a few circuits the Cri-Cri was back in the hangar for a well deserved rest.

So the next time you look to the skies at Pendleton remember that you may not be looking at a model airplane buzzing around at 300 ft but rather a full-fledged aircraft at 2000 ft!