A Forum for those interest in vintage NON-military aircraft
Tue Nov 15, 2011 1:53 am
astixjr wrote:What is the Blue biplane, N275N, on the concrete ramp toward the bottom of the photos? Curtiss Fledgling?
That's still a 'living' N number Al and it googles a few good hits. 1930 Lincoln PT-K residing today at EAA Pioneer Airport.
Thu Nov 17, 2011 7:11 pm
airnutz wrote:astixjr wrote:What is the Blue biplane, N275N, on the concrete ramp toward the bottom of the photos? Curtiss Fledgling?
That's still a 'living' N number Al and it googles a few good hits. 1930 Lincoln PT-K residing today at EAA Pioneer Airport.
Thanks airnutz, I did not recognize it.
Sat Nov 19, 2011 7:30 pm
DaveyMac, there are a good dozen Wacos here that are still around, just about all flying. The white over blue YKS-7 has already been spotted by its current owner in Mnpls. I posted the link to the National Waco Club forum after recognizing a couple of numbers.
Fri Dec 02, 2011 12:46 pm
Long winter evenings, perfect for scanning old slides.
A few from Paris France in the 60s:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/29965086@N08/sets/72157628248443951/Various fly-ins etc. in the US 1970s:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/29965086@N08/sets/72157628248472597/(I think that's how you link to flickr

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WallyB on Fri Dec 02, 2011 3:08 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Fri Dec 02, 2011 12:50 pm
Jim I know others have said it and I'll say it too, Thanks for posting those awesome pictures. Some very nice aircraft, wonder how many of them are still around.
Fri Dec 02, 2011 3:10 pm
My fathers Waco HPF-7 is in that collection.
Sun Dec 04, 2011 5:48 pm
Nice stuff Wally, a few of those are still flying, a lot of them have gone to musuems, or are now just hangar queens. The Merced shows ended a few years ago, and Watsonville is now just an air show, the Antique part of it is long gone.
Mon Dec 05, 2011 9:00 am
Roger Cain wrote:Nice stuff Wally, a few of those are still flying, a lot of them have gone to musuems, or are now just hangar queens. The Merced shows ended a few years ago, and Watsonville is now just an air show, the Antique part of it is long gone.

Same with Arlington Wa., all plastic airplanes now with maybe a couple of antiques. The NWAAA event at McMinnville is much better but doesn't get a lot of exposure sadly.
So what's the best California fly-in these days - Golden West maybe ?
Tue Dec 06, 2011 1:05 am
I'd love to see someone do a "Where are they now" for each one.
Let's start with that T-6G:
http://www.warbirdregistry.org/texanreg ... 93270.html
Thu Jan 19, 2012 11:02 am
The Ryan ST w/orange fuselage and silver wings is Bill Dodd's STM. I believe it is now owned by Jimmy Rollison.
The Ryan SCW w/orange/black/blue fuselage, silver tail surfaces and black/silver wings was owned by Dee Barnard of Ann Arbor (P-47 pilot in WW II). It is now in California and polished.
The Great Lakes following the SCW picture is of course Harold Krier's N12E. I think it's in the Krier Museum in Kansas.
A couple more down is the Parks owned at one time by author Richard Bach.
A couple more down is another picture of Dodd's STM (pic labeled as an ST-A). The STM had a supercharged Menasco of around 150 hp vs. the 125 (134 for 1 min) of the unblown D-4 Super Pirate. IIRC, STM's were produced as fighters for South American countries equipped w/2 machine guns mounted on top of the wings.
The Little Toot in P-6E colors is "Hawk Pshaw".
I think the two-tone blue/white T-6 was Gerry Walburn's (Washburn??).
The Taperwing w/red fuselage & white wings/red sunburst was restored and owned by Jim Mynning at the time. Lycoming R-680 at the time. My dad bought it after he flew it the first time and still owns it (N655N).
The F-1 racer w/red fuselage & yellow wings (race # 92) taxiing in front of the RWB fence banner is Bill Falck's "Rivets".
Great pics that bring back old times!
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Dave Lyjak
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