Shober Willie II explained

The Shober Willie II is an American two-seat sporting or aerobatic aircraft designed and built by Shober Aircraft Enterprises. The aircraft was designed to be sold as plans for amateur construction.^[1]

Design

The Willie II is a braced single-bay biplane with a fabric covered welded steel fuselage. The two-spar wooden wings are fabric covered with wide-span ailerons on the lower wing and a fabric covered wired-braced welded steel tail unit. The prototype is powered by a 1800NaN0 Lycoming O-360-A3A four-cylinder piston engine. It has two open cockpits in tandem and a fixed conventional landing gear with a tailwheel.

References

Bibliography

• Book: Taylor. John W.R. . Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1973-74. 1973. Jane's Yearbooks . London, United Kingdom. 0-354-00117-5.

Notes and References

1. Air Trails. Winter 1971. 79.