I have decided my next project will be to finish a Mullicoupe that Jim Younkin started.

In 1935, a Benny Howard design (DGA-6) called Mr. Mulligan, with Harold Neumann at the controls, dominated the air racing scene. Mr. Mulligan was a 4-place, high wing monoplane with a Pratt and Whitney Wasp engine of 1340 cu. in. The next year, Benny and his wife were racing in another cross country race, and destroyed Mr. Mulligan when part of the prop separated. They crashed in N.W. New Mexico, not very far from here.

Years later, Jim Younkin, who had previously built a replica of the Travel Air Mystery Ship, built a replica of Mr. Mulligan. He and some friends were sitting around at the Blakesburg Antique flyin, and decided what they really needed for personal transport was an airplane that was a cross between Mr. Mulligan and a 110 Special Monocoupe. Thus spawned the Mullicoupe.

Jim Younkin's Mullicoupe

Bud Dake's Mullicoupe

These Mullicoupes are powered by the Pratt and Whitney R985 Wasp Jr. engine of 450 HP. They carry 150 gallons of gas in wing and belly tanks. They will cruise at nearly 200 kts. at 12,000 ft on 22 gals/hour. They weigh about 2200 lbs empty, with gross weight at 3600 lbs. They are about 22 ft. long, with a wing span of 28.8 ft. You can see they look just like a 100 Special!

My Mullicoupe arriving at the airplane factory.

My wing and other parts still in Arkansas.

Squaring up ribs

Welding tail feathers...sounds funny doesn't it?