The homebuilding world lost one of its icons last week with the death of Carl Unger, the co-inventor of the Breezy open-cockpit kitplane. He was 82.
Unger designed and constructed the Breezy prototype in 1964 with fellow corporate pilots and homebuilding enthusiasts Charley Roloff and Bob Liposky. The trio flew the unique three-seater to the EAA fly-in in Rockford, Illinois, that year, where it was an instant sensation. Unger gave rides in the Breezy from dawn till dark to anybody who asked for one.
