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Rich Crupi, a longtime aviation enthusiast from Hopkinsville, Kentucky, built this one-third scale F-117 Nighthawk model as a hobby. The aircraft is powered by a golf cart engine and has working lights and battery-operated canopy lift. Top speed is six mph. The cart is steered using the rudder pedals, while the stick functions as the accelerator. Crupi takes his replica to county fairs and local air shows. He has been invited to show it next year at the home of the full-scale Nighthawks, Holloman AFB, New Mexico, during the base air show. The cockpit is cramped, so the height limit for pilots is four feet ten inches, about the size of the average ten-year-old.
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