[Dashing Dasher]

BS. Homebuilt is another word for Experimental or Non-factory created.

The Giles 300 was an experimental design created by three Aeronautical Engineers. It wasn't a couple of redneck beer drinking fools with a hammer.

Your stupidity on the subject is evident.

I fly an experimental airplane and love it.

[Puppage]

Your stupidity on the subject is evident

Oooo, name caller are ya? Well, kudos to your intelligence.

[StrangerInParadise]

"The Giles 300 was an experimental design created by three Aeronautical Engineers. It wasn't a couple of redneck beer drinking fools with a hammer."

Personally, I would kind of like to see what the beer drinking fools would design!

[Tijeras_Slim]

What a sad way to learn about an amazing lady.

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

No need to get nasty Mr./Ms. genius.

[leadpenny]

I only take issue with this:

It wasn't a couple of redneck beer drinking fools with a hammer.

From the Oxford University Press Dictionary:

redneck >noun N. Amer. informal, derogatory a working-class white person from the southern US, especially a politically conservative one.

[TXnMA]

The G-300 is no cobbled-together atttempt at building a flying machine:

"Giles G-300 at Fox Field in September 1997. The Giles G-300 is reported to be a single seat aerobatic aircraft based on the airframe of the two seat G-202 with, of course, a humongous engine. This G-300 belongs to Bob and Marta Meyer."

The huge moving rudder area would seem to indicate an all-out aerobatic design...

OTOH, the canopy appears to be a side-hinged affair. Could it be that, when it came loose in flight, it hit the pilot's head as it blew off? It wouldn't seem that simple canopy loss in a climb would have been non-recoverable -- especially for a pilot with Marta's awesome skills...