[grobdriver]

Looks like a kit plane like John Denver’s.

Not a kit plane.

Denver was killed in a Long EZ, a Burt Rutan design, trying to change fuel tanks with a pair of pliers while on final.

The Long EZ is a canard aircraft - little wing up front (the canard), winglets, two-place tandem.

As for being stallproof, a canard is the only really stallproof aircraft type out there, short of some sort of automatic intervention when the AOA starts to get to the red zone.

[ridesthemiles]

Denver was killed in a Long EZ, a Burt Rutan design, trying to change fuel tanks with a pair of pliers while on final.”””

IIRC, Denver was test flying a plane he wished to purchase from the owner. The owner of the plane was quite a bit taller that Denver & Denver moved the seat up for his comfort.

When he tried to reach the switch to get on the reserve fuel tanks, he could NOT reach it-—because the owner was so much taller.

I NEVER understood why Denver didn’t top off the fuel tanks before he took the flight in the first place.

However, I sure miss his music.

[USNBandit]

The EZ that Denver rode in had an odd fuel valve configuration. The valve is supposed to be reachable while seated normally, but the previous owner didn’t configure it that way.

The EZ has a small primer tank because your start it with the nose resting on the ground. After extending the nose wheel you are supposed to switch the tank. It is a common mistake to forget to switch to the main tank. A friend of mine tried it, once. He was able to switch tanks and keep the engine running.