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
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| Author: | wacoykc [ Sun Dec 20, 2009 11:18 pm ] |
| Post subject: | I brought a few airplanes home this weekend |
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. |
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| Author: | Airplanejunkie [ Mon Dec 21, 2009 7:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I brought a few airplanes home this weekend |
Cool!! and yes please on the pictures! |
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| Author: | tom d. friedman [ Tue Dec 22, 2009 9:31 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I brought a few airplanes home this weekend |
i've got to see those pics!! who's property was this?? |
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| Author: | wacoykc [ Tue Dec 22, 2009 1:18 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I brought a few airplanes home this weekend |
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. |
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| Author: | Baldeagle [ Tue Dec 22, 2009 3:42 pm ] |
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That would be Miss McKeesport then?? Sounds like some neat stuff. Waiting for photos........ - |
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| Author: | tom d. friedman [ Wed Dec 23, 2009 8:39 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I brought a few airplanes home this weekend |
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!! |
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| Author: | wacoykc [ Thu Dec 24, 2009 1:52 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I brought a few airplanes home this weekend |
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
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| Author: | Eric Presten [ Thu Dec 24, 2009 7:12 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I brought a few airplanes home this weekend |
Is this an eliphant ear aileron Waco 9, or does it have the later "normal" ailerons. |
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| Author: | Airplanejunkie [ Thu Dec 24, 2009 8:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I brought a few airplanes home this weekend |
Cool!! |
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| Author: | tom d. friedman [ Fri Dec 25, 2009 12:39 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I brought a few airplanes home this weekend |
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?? |
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| Author: | Barnstormer [ Fri Dec 25, 2009 6:00 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I brought a few airplanes home this weekend |
Looks like a great museum! |
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| Author: | astixjr [ Sat Dec 26, 2009 1:34 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I brought a few airplanes home this weekend |
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"! |
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| Author: | The Inspector [ Sun Dec 27, 2009 6:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I brought a few airplanes home this weekend |
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- |
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| Author: | wacoykc [ Mon Dec 28, 2009 3:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I brought a few airplanes home this weekend |
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. |
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