MOTHMAN MICHAEL MANIATIS
In 1995 Michael Maniatis completed a replica of a 1927 de Havilland DH.71 monoplane racer in his second-floor loft in midtown Manhattan. Maniatis and friends disgorged the fuselage and wings through a window and onto the roof of a rented box truck at 3 a.m. The tiny, overpowered, tail-heavy, utterly unstable airplane tried to kill him pretty much every time he flew it.
Since then, Maniatis has built a replica de Havilland Moth Major, restored a DH.82 Tiger Moth and in June completed the restoration of a DH.60 Gipsy Moth. He also owns a de
