Thought I would start a thread for people to add their .02c worth on airplanes that are still around but in dwindling numbers. Porterfield, Rearwin etc. You see one at an airshow or advertised for sale but any useful information is scarce.

I'd like to find a Beardmore Inflexible, if anyone has one for sale

Maybe not as uncommon as some, but the Artic Tern, which was a copy of the Interstate Cadet built in the 1980's and geared toward bush flyers. I see them for sale every now and then, and always thought they were a sharp looking bird, better than a Cub.

How about a four place Taylorcraft with a 225 HP Continental and constandant speed prop. I know of one for sale !
John Rowles 218-751-1634

EZFlap wrote:I'd like to find a Beardmore Inflexible, if anyone has one for sale

I'll admit I had to look it up. Here is a guy who built one from scratch;

http://www.internetmodeler.com/2008/may ... rdmore.php

Back when I was the airport kid, an "older gentleman" (he was probably younger than I am now....) gave me a ride in his newly restored Rearwin. Cool little plane as I recall. He also was restoring a cabin Waco biplane. I think I got my old airplane lust from him. I'm currently helping a buddy get is Stinson 108 in the air - not all that rare but dwindling in numbers compared to when I started flying. Don't see as many Navions anymore, either.

Best,
O-2

I just got done rebuilding my Piper Vagabond (500 made) and would
love to find a Culver Dart for my next project.
Dave

They might not be too rare, but I like the Commonwealth/Rearwin skyrangers.

Emigh Trojan..... There are 2 of them floating around my area.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/34076827@N00/5203528026/

Only 58 made..... wings are identical side to side. You can take the left one, swap the gear leg, flaps and ailerons around and use it on the right side.... Interesting little birds..

Brian.

You guys are not going to believe this, but a friend of mine at my home airport is actually starting to build a 75% scale Focke-Wulf FW-189. This was a twin engine scout/observation type aircraft used by the Germans in WW2. He will be using AT-6 outer wing panels and modern aluminum V8 engines. He has already made the tailwheel casting molds, and cast the tailwheel yoke (complete with an accurate FW logo cast into it!). He's laid out many of the drawings, and has the T-6 wings. This will be about a 45 foot span airplane with a 180 mph cruise, on 12-15 gallons an hour of regular car gas. His plan is to use it as an airshow display airplane, which will be his retirement activity.

(He just finished a scratchbuilt 1/3 scale F-117 2 axis simulator for the "traveling space museum", where kids will be able to sit in it, wiggle the stick, and have the thing move through 35 degrees of pitch and roll.)

Some fun stuff happens when you live in an area where a lot of really clever special effects people, pyrotechnics experts, and retired aero engineers grow on trees! Kinda makes up for some small part of the stupid stuff we have here in CA.

Snapped this this morning with my phone. Anyone know the make of this plane?

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Snapped this this morning with my phone. Anyone know the make of this plane?

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A9 maybe??? Call Aircraft...

One of the things I really love about the 180 is its wide speed range. I can "book it" at a pretty decent speed from Oregon to Idaho and then slow way down and land short when I need to, all the while hauling both my family, camping gear and plenty of beer.

Taking this to the extreme, perhaps the epitome of wide speed range in an aircraft is the Westland Lysander. Fighter-like cruise and Cub-like slow flight. Sweet! Not sure how comfortable the family would be in the back of it though:

Rooster Cogburn wrote:

UtahMaule wrote:

Snapped this this morning with my phone. Anyone know the make of this plane?

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A9 maybe??? Call Aircraft...

Bingo......


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I don't believe I have ever seen a Ag Airplane that high!
Dave

d.grimm wrote:I don't believe I have ever seen a Ag Airplane that high!
Dave

We had been clearing ridges.....



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My Top 3 favorite rare aircraft. Only had the privledge to fly in one of them.

1) F-82
2) Fairey Gannet
3) Avro Shackleton

I've always like the look of the Fairchild 24. Don't see too many of them around anymore.

Fairchild 24 is one of my all time favorites. Ball bearing pushrods, roll down glass side windows,
A Warner at cruise that sounds like a fast idle, and gear struts that make you think you are in a Dusenberg as you roll down the runway. Looked closely at a 24 with the ServAero 220 Continental STC. Too many issues in the end.
Dave

Yep, Fairchild 24 with the Warner radial is on my list too.

As a high school brat hanging over the airport fence, I once worked for a shop where we restored a Fairchild 24. I breathed her nitrate dope fumes, gunked her engine parts and rib stitched her fabric onto those lovely wings. The interior was like a turn of the century whore house; overstuffed upholstery, wood trim, leather, and, as pointed out, roll down windows. When we finished, the owner took me for a ride. This was a time before anybody even knew what liability even meant, so you COULD offer a 16 yr old high school kid a ride without a signed waiver from his parents. I haven't forgotten a single second of that ride - especially my bare elbow sticking into the breeze from that stagecoach in the sky.

YB