[1][2][3] The Screaming Wiener was designed and built by Walter Burke, Irv Culver and Wallace Neugent in 1938 as an improved version of the Dingbat.

[2] The Wiener was then sold to Wally Wiberg who carried out an aerodynamic clean-up on it and renamed it Li'l Dogie.

MacCready then bought it and was reported in 1983 by Soaring Magazine as planning a complete restoration of the aircraft.

[2] In September 2012 the Wiener was still on the US Federal Aviation Administration registry and owned by Douglas Fronius of Poway, California.

The aircraft is officially registered as a Crown City Robertson and is in the Experimental - Certification compliance category.