Designed by Bud Snyder, the Buzzard Light Plane, or MG-1, of 1930 was a two-place, open, high-wing monoplane. Essentially a motorized glider with a pylon-mounted parasol wing and a pusher motor. It was fabric covered except for a dural-covered plywood fuselage bottom.
Purchased by Curtiss-Wright and is assumed to be the basis for, or at least a major influence on, the 1931 Curtiss-Wright CW-1 Junior.
The design was revived in 1983 as the kit-form, Zenoah-powered Ritz Standard A by Gerry Ritz, Wartrace TN.
Engine: 34hp ABC Scorpion
Wingspan: 35’0″
Length: 19’3″
Max speed: 70 mph
Cruise: 60 mph
Stall: 28 mph
All Aero 