Quickie Free Enterprise

Free Enterprise
Role Experimental long-range aircraft
National origin United States of America
Manufacturer Quickie Aircraft Corporation
First flight 1982
Number built 1

The Quickie Aircraft Corporation Free Enterprise (also known as the Big Bird) was an American experimental long-range aircraft of the 1980s, designed to attempt the first unrefuelled flight round-the world flight. The Free Enterprise was a single-engined high-winged monoplane of conventional configuration. It first flew in March 1982, but was destroyed in a fatal crash later that year.