Who designed and built Rans S-7 airplane? I read in the Washington Times, that a man named Swingle, who has no knowledge and experience in aircraft design, built one which he called a bush airplane. But I read in Wikipedia, that the RANS S-7 series seems different as it was built by a company, Rans Inc, seems after the founder name, Randy Schlitter.

Does anyone know the complete story about the aircraft, the engine specification, the size, the weight, the dimension, etc, of that Rans S-7 as mentioned in the Washington Post article? It is interesting as it can land in a savanna.
The Ran's S-7 is a kit plane. The article didn't clearly state it, but the gentleman from Ohio bought a Rans kit and assembled it himself, he didn't design the aircraft, he put a kit together.