Carthage MO.
USA
Wilbur Staib (1914–1993) was a self-taught aircraft designer from Diamond, Missouri. Staib served as a flight instructor during the Second World War at Chanute, Kansas flying PT-14s. Staib designed and built five different “LB” (Little Bastard) aircraft and a helicopter, of which several had the title “world’s smallest” at their time of construction. Staib flew his aircraft in airshows with the title “The Diamond Wizard”.
Wilbur Staib converted himself from motorcycle and speed boat passions in the late twenties, he has since come up with some mighty fine air-planes. He originally designed and built the three biplanes for Merrill L. Carpenter, which are known as the Carpenter “Specials”. Wilbur starts building by drawing chalk lines on the floor, and by periodically referring to his floor “drawing-board”, proceeds to build an airplane. There were four late biplanes, which all bore the Staib name. All were fully aerobatic and guaranteed not to come apart at any speed or attitude, with terminal velocity tests to back them up.
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