51st NWC REUNION PART 2

[wacoykc]

1936 Waco YKS-6 NC16246


1936 Waco YKS-6 NC16598


1937 Waco YKS-7 NC17474


1938 Waco ZVN-8 NC1937S


1940 Waco UPF-7 NC29300


1940 Waco UPF-7 NC29303


1940 Waco UPF-7 NC29927


1940 Waco YPF-7 NC29974


1941 Waco SRE NC1252W


1941 Waco UPF-7 NC30188


1941 Waco UPF-7 NC32032


1941 Waco UPF-7 NC32071


1941 Waco UPF-7 NC32114


1942 Waco UPF-7 NC39727


1942 Waco UPF-7 NC39753


Classic Waco YMF-5 N369AS

[The Inspector]

made my day

[Mike]

1938 Waco ZVN-8 NC1937S

I'm sorry, but there really ought to be laws passed prohibiting something THAT ugly!

[wacoykc]

It may be ugly but that is the cool part about it. It truly is a nice flying airplane and quite roomy inside. Cruises right along at about 130mph using a 275 Jacobs. The best part is the flaps on this thing....four barn door trailing edge flaps that are vaccuum operated. You actually have to add throttle on final once actuated! This is the only one actively flying in the world. There is a second one at Creve Couer that is flyable but never flies. There are also two project ones at Creve Couer and a third project at Middletown, Ohio. There is one other that is buried at the end of our runway.

[Pogo]

Agree with Inspector -- made my day! I get way too little exposure to Wacos around here.....

Question: In the first three YKS shots, what are the three evenly spaced strake looking things on the underside of the upper wing near the root?

[wacoykc]

Those are stiffeners for the gas tanks. The Standard cabins all had either 25 or 35 gallon tanks, one in each upper wing.

[Pogo]

Thank you, sir. I only recently learned what stress panels are in birds like B-17's, guess it's high time I started getting caught up on my fuel tankology.

[Canso42]

Mike, I said the same thing about the A/ZVN Wacos until I saw that one up close. It's actually quite nice.

Kurt, Murphy's fuel tank law: You never have to remove a fuel tank that's empty.

[Dave Hadfield]

Sweet!

I gotta, gotta get there next year....

Dave

[wacoykc]

You are always welcome Dave...just bring the Taperwing ok?????