Flaglor Scooter
Thank you for your interest in the Flaglor "Sky" Scooter. We are very happy to be able to own and support this beautiful Ken Flaglor designed aircraft and to have this design available to the homebuilt aircraft community once again. We are very pleased that we were able to add this great design to our stable of aircraft. It is exciting and such an honor for us to carry on Ken Flaglor's legacy and to support the builders and owners of this wonderful and affordable homebuilt experimental aircraft. We look forward with great anticipation to keeping this aircraft plans set available and supported for the aircraft homebuilders to come.
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General Specifications:
The Flaglor Scooter is known as an unusual light aircraft which was designed in the United States in the mid-1960s and marketed for homebuilding. It was designed by Mr. Kenneth Flaglor of Asheville, North Carolina with first flights occurring in June of 1967. The Flaglor Scooter attracted much attention at the 1967 Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Convention which was still being held in Rockford, Illinois, USA at that time. The attention was so great, and this was such a well built and uniquely designed aircraft that it won the "Outstanding Ultra-light" and "Outstanding Volkswagen Powered Aircraft" awards at that year’s convention. Unfortunately, for the family and our flying community, Ken passed away on January 12, 2019. Until his death, Ken was active in aviation helping to rebuild aircraft, build RC models and managed his Flaglor Airport (WI86) in Kenosha County, WI.
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The "SCOOTER" as named by Ken, is a high-wing, wire-braced monoplane with the engine installed on the wing's leading edge, up above and in front of the pilot's seat. It features a wooden fuselage construction with fabric covering and short legged conventional gear. The current Flaglor Scooter design owners have seen a reference stating that some Scooters have been built with a welded steel tube fuselage. We are trying to find supporting information to fact find this reference. The wing uses wooden ribs and dual spar construction with wire bracing. The Scooter was originally intended to be powered by an 18 hp (13 kW) Cushman golf buggy engine, but this engine was found to be inadequate, and a Huggins Volkswagen automotive engine conversion was used in its place.
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The current 2025 Flaglor Scooter plans consists of 19 pages of beautifully hand drawn 28" x 18" drawing sheets. We have reviewed each sheet and thoroughly cleaned each one. We used the original vellums and where needed, added information back to the drawings that had been missing. The plans also include a full-size wing rib drawing, making for a total of 20 pages of drawings for this set. The rib drawing from sheet 16 has been recreated as a full-size airfoil drawing and it is numbered as sheet 17. It measures 11" x 60" and is ready to be placed on your rib jig board. No cutting, measuring or taping required, set it in the wing rib jig and cover with a protective plastic or similar material and you are ready to build your ribs. This is the original wing rib that Ken Flaglor included in the plans. We also have an optional updated "stick built" rib design that is available. It also measures 11" x 60" and is ready to be used, and also offers, no cutting, measuring or taping. It has the same airfoil shape as the original rib, but it is a "stick-built rib" with no plywood required except for the actual nose rib. This drawing is being offered for an additional $10.00. NOTE: This is a new rib design and although it is similar in design as other aircraft ribs in this category, this one has not yet been tested or used in a Flaglor Scooter to date (March 2025). We do know that other Scooters have used similar built-up ribs, but it has not been this particular rib design. As we stated, the original airfoil drawing is included as well and it can still be traced, cut and taped into the full-size rib drawing or the newly created, full-size original rib drawing may be used with no issue. We are just happy to be able to offer another potential method of building the ribs which we believe our builders will appreciate.
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The construction manual has been completely reviewed and updated. The construction pictures have been enlarged and digitally enhanced to make the original black and white photos clearer. These photos have been added to the appendix of the construction manual. We did a "deep dive" into the name of the Scooter and its pedigree; this is all documented in the construction manual. Adams Aeronautics would be the eighth owner of the Flaglor Scooter design if you consider Mr. Thurman Baird’s ownership of both Baird Aircraft and Ace Aircraft Mfg. as two separate ownerships. There has been a need to have a Weight & Balance (W&B) form available for the Flaglor Scooter builder/owners. The Tony Bingelis W&B form has been available for a couple of years; however, it was never made a part of the construction manual. We have decided to keep this form but have cleaned it up and replaced the original first page and had to recreate some of the text. In some places, our copy was too bad to maintain the original work. The updated W&B form is available at this link: Adams Aeronautics Flaglor Scooter W&B - Tony Bingelis. We have added a lot of helpful information to hopefully make this 63-page (originally 18 pages) document an important and vital tool for the Flaglor Scooter builder to build their very own SCOOTER.
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The Flaglor Scooter plans may be purchased for $150.00 or $160.00 per set with optional full-size stick-built rib plus shipping cost. Note: full-size original rib is included in the plans.
Shipping:
U.S.P.S. mail to Continental US: $15.00
U.S.P.S. mail to Alaska: $20.00
U.S.P.S. mail to Hawaii: $25.00
U.S.P.S. mail to foreign countries: Contact us for shipping costs.
The plans set will be shipped out insured and placed in a mailing tube for protection. You may use cash, personal checks (must clear both banks), US Postal Money Order, or Certified Check for payment purposes. Note: Georgia residents must add 7% sales tax.
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About the designer and builder of the original Flaglor Scooter:
Kenneth E. Flaglor (Born: February 25, 1926, Chicago, IL - Died: January 12, 2019, Plesant Prairie, WI.)
Ken Flaglor was the third of four sons born to Ruby (Anderson) and Sidney Flaglor. Ken and his brothers (Robert, Russ and Charlie) were born and raised in Des Plaines. Ken graduated from East Main High School and entered the US Army. He received a Purple Heart for an injury he incurred at the Battle of the Bulge. Following a year in the hospital, he was discharged home and became a neon tube bender for a lighting and sign company. He then worked for the CP Clare Corporation developing electrical relays and test equipment. Much of his work was used in the early days of the space program. Working for someone else didn’t quench his entrepreneurial thirst and in the mid 1960s he bought a residential glass business that he ran until he retired in the late-1980s.
Ken had a lifelong interest in airplanes and flying. As a youngster he belonged to a model-making club and, as he grew, so did the size and intricacy of his projects. He earned his private pilot’s license in 1948. He moved from building models to full-size gliders and airplanes, building ten and owning a number of others. He was well respected for his craftsmanship and attention to detail, winning countless awards at the annual EAA and other conventions.
Ken was a great lover of ice cream, cookies, M&Ms and peanut brittle. A self-described ‘joker’, he had a lively sense of humor and liked to talk about current events. He read the daily paper until two days before his death.
Ken’s life was honored with a gathering of friends and relatives on Tuesday January 22, 2019, at Kenosha Funeral Services, 8226 Sheridan Road, Kenosha WI. Military Honors were performed Friday January 25, 2019, at Southern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Union Grove Wisconsin.
This information was obtained from https://www.kenosha-funeral-services.com/obituary/kenneth-flaglor).
Flaglor Scooter Gallery
Even good ole Tony loved the Flaglor Scooter, this is his beloved Ichiban Skoota!
This picture is curtesy of Kevin "WINGITIS" from HBA, Wellington, New Zealand.
This information is subject to change without notice.