Warbird Information Exchange

Had a banner weekend and returned a few airplanes home despite the snow/sleet/rain we had. Saturday, we went to Columbus, Ohio and picked up a 1926 Waco 9, 1928 Waco 10, 1914 Saxon Roadster, 1922 Ford TT Aviation Fuel Truck, Jacobs L-6 engine, P&W R985, 110 Warner, 110 LeRhone, Curtiss OX-5, Curtiss OXX-6 and 7 vintage wood props and returned them to the Waco Museum. I have negotiated this loan/gift for a year now and it all came to fruition this weekend. The best part was that the two Wacos were in a semi trailer and we actually drove them back and unloaded them in the ORIGINAL Waco Aircraft Company Factory!!! We then put them on flatbed trailers and went the two miles to the Museum via country roads.

We got the Waco 9 assembled today but need new tires for the Waco 10 and hence have the whole thing jacked up awaiting replacements. I'll post some photos this week when I get them downloaded.

Cool!! and yes please on the pictures!

i've got to see those pics!! who's property was this??

Hey Tom....the artifacts belonged to the Ohio Historical Society in Columbus, Ohio. They were all items that were in the now defunct Ohio History of Flight Museum that was founded and hugely sponsored by Foster Lane at Port Columbus Airport. They have been in storage ever since the Museum closed about 8-10 years ago. This has been a long-time project of mine and I am so thankful that it happened. It is a HUGE addition to the Waco Historical Society Air Museum.

That would be Miss McKeesport then??

Sounds like some neat stuff. Waiting for photos........




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wacoykc wrote:Hey Tom....the artifacts belonged to the Ohio Historical Society in Columbus, Ohio. They were all items that were in the now defunct Ohio History of Flight Museum that was founded and hugely sponsored by Foster Lane at Port Columbus Airport. They have been in storage ever since the Museum closed about 8-10 years ago. This has been a long-time project of mine and I am so thankful that it happened. It is a HUGE addition to the Waco Historical Society Air Museum.

that is excellent news! i was at the museum many years ago, & even did a little business with them. a very nice place from what i remember. i remember jim "jet" thompson the director. i knew the goodies were in storage, but never figured that it would be this long!! i know that the museum was supposed to relocate but it never panned out, & the museum was shoved out of the airport property. pretty dumb to locate a museum at a busy major airline hub!!

Here are a few photos from this past weekend:

The Waco Factory


Inside the factory


The Waco 10 in the factory


The Waco 9


The Waco 10


Enroute from the factory to the museum


At the Museum

Is this an eliphant ear aileron Waco 9, or does it have the later "normal" ailerons.

Cool!!

looks like typical "cooperative" ohio weather. my childhood buddy had his upf -7 pencil prints for sale some years ago in your museum's gift shop. they sold quite well. would you be interested in purchasing some more??

Looks like a great museum!

Great news! It's always nice to hear that some old birds have found a good home. In this case I guess "home" really means "home"!

Kinda gives you a special perspective to see something that old sitting where it was born doesn't it? Not only has the airframe survived decades of being at risk to everything from crashes to having a tree fall on it, and the factory surviving wind, rain, snows, tornados, urban renewal, and possible burning down, I really hope that you all took that extra minute to soak up what was happening and how special that moment was-

Yes, this is an elephant ear Waco 9

Yes, we would probably be interested in selling the prints again

Yes, we realized the historical significance of bringing the Wacos back inside the factory even though neither of these aircraft were built at this factory. This factory was finished in 1929. The airplanes are 1926 and 1928. Both were built in the Union Street Plant. We purposely planned this for the media which not surprisingly, all cancelled the day of the event. We seem to posess an overwhelming ability to NOT get any publicity. Kinda frustrating, especially when we live in the "birthplace of aviation" - Dayton, Ohio

Yesterday we got the Waco 10 assembled. Looks good. Got the Waco 9 together last weekend.